Caption
Key to the print of the death of General Bussche, 1794, print, historical print, Key to the print of the death of General Georg Wilhelm Bussche, December 11, 1794 (should be November 7) during fighting with the French troops on the banks of the Waal at the capture of Nijmegen. Heads of the most important persons in the painting with a description of the events and a legend with the names in German and English., printmaker: Johann Gerard Huck, Hanover, 1801-09-01, Lower Saxony, paper, etching, height 135 mm x width 650 mm, Person, Georg Wilhelm Bussche, historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life), Capture of Nijmegen by the French (1794), Nijmegen, Rhine, Waal (river), Period, 1794-11-07, 1794-12-11, A wide, pale sheet with a series of small, finely drawn pencil or ink portrait sketches arranged across its length, each sketch showing head-and-shoulder views of men in varied period military or formal attire, some wearing tall plumed hats and bicorne hats, others with short hair, powdered wigs, or receding hairlines, several shown in profile and others in three-quarter views, facial expressions ranging from neutral to slightly stern, hair and hat details rendered with delicate lines and shading, and the lower portion of the sheet filled with long lines of cursive text in a neat hand.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A96_202
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