Caption

Valée (Sylvain-Charles. Comte), Sylvain Charles Valée leaning against a cannon, print, book illustration, printmaker: Alphonse François, France, after painting by Joseph Désiré Court, after drawing by Léopold Massard, publisher: Charles Gavard, Paris, 1838 - 1841, paper, steel engraving, height 269 mm x width 187 mm, A finely detailed engraved portrait shows a man in a decorated military uniform standing beside cannons and cannonballs, with large wooden wheels and a rocky backdrop; he wears epaulettes, a sash across his chest, fitted trousers, and riding boots, holding a pistol in one hand and a sword or cane in the other, while a plumed bicorn hat and rolled-up maps or sacks lie on the ground near stacked wooden beams and a mounted cannon wheel.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B17_485

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46.9Mb (10.2Mb) / 11.3in x 16.2in / 3376 x 4855 (300dpi)

Keywords

Valée Sylvain-Charles Comte Sylvain Charles Valée leaning cannon print book illustration printmaker Alphonse François France painting Joseph Désiré Court drawing Léopold Massard publisher Charles Gavard Paris 1838 - 1841 paper steel engraving height 269 mm x width 187 mm finely detailed engraved portrait man decorated military uniform standing beside cannons cannonballs large wooden wheels rocky backdrop wears epaulettes sash across chest fitted trousers riding boots holding pistol hand sword cane plumed bicorn hat rolled-up maps sacks lie ground near stacked wooden beams mounted cannon wheel