Death of General Ambremont on the battlefield, print, annotation: '1er état', printmaker: Florimond Buyck (signed by artist), after design by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1888, paper, etching, height 226 mm x width 243 mm, Date of death of printmaker unknown. Therefore, the acquisition date has been used to determine the rights to this object., the corpse, the defeated (after the battle), A sepia-toned etching shows a group of uniformed men standing on uneven ground, wearing long coats and tall hats, some with visible medals on their chests and one holding a sword; nearby other figures in cloaks and hats stand or kneel, and several bodies lie motionless on the ground in foreground and midground, their clothing and limbs rendered in fine crosshatch lines, while a few figures appear to embrace or lean over each other at the left edge of the scene.
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Death of General Ambremont on the battlefield, print, annotation: '1er état', printmaker: Florimond Buyck (signed by artist), after design by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1888, paper, etching, height 226 mm x width 243 mm, Date of death of printmaker unknown. Therefore, the acquisition date has been used to determine the rights to this object., the corpse, the defeated (after the battle), A sepia-toned etching shows a group of uniformed men standing on uneven ground, wearing long coats and tall hats, some with visible medals on their chests and one holding a sword; nearby other figures in cloaks and hats stand or kneel, and several bodies lie motionless on the ground in foreground and midground, their clothing and limbs rendered in fine crosshatch lines, while a few figures appear to embrace or lean over each other at the left edge of the scene.

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Death General Ambremont battlefield print annotation 1er état printmaker Florimond Buyck signed artist design Denis Auguste Marie Raffet 1888 paper etching height 226 mm x width 243 mm Date death printmaker unknown acquisition date determine rights object corpse defeated battle sepia-toned etching group uniformed men standing uneven ground wearing long coats tall hats visible medals chests holding sword nearby figures cloaks hats stand kneel several bodies lie motionless ground foreground midground clothing limbs rendered fine crosshatch lines embrace lean left edge scene

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