Souvenir de Plewna (Episode de la guerre Turco-Russo), Falling soldier, print, Numbered top right: 419., printmaker: Charles Auguste Loye, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1875 - 1882, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 278 mm x width 196 mm, the soldier, the soldier's life, dying, A monochrome etching shows a man kneeling on uneven ground with one arm raised upward and his head tilted back, his face turned toward the sky; he wears loose, draped clothing with a wide sash around his waist and a long garment that folds and creases around his legs, and his other hand grips a long rifle that rests along his thigh and extends toward the lower edge of the image; the background is filled with dense, swirling dark strokes suggesting turbulent clouds, and the lower margin of the image contains printed elements and a small signature at the right edge.
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Souvenir de Plewna (Episode de la guerre Turco-Russo), Falling soldier, print, Numbered top right: 419., printmaker: Charles Auguste Loye, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1875 - 1882, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 278 mm x width 196 mm, the soldier, the soldier's life, dying, A monochrome etching shows a man kneeling on uneven ground with one arm raised upward and his head tilted back, his face turned toward the sky; he wears loose, draped clothing with a wide sash around his waist and a long garment that folds and creases around his legs, and his other hand grips a long rifle that rests along his thigh and extends toward the lower edge of the image; the background is filled with dense, swirling dark strokes suggesting turbulent clouds, and the lower margin of the image contains printed elements and a small signature at the right edge.

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Souvenir de Plewna Episode de la guerre Turco-Russo Falling soldier print Numbered top right 419 printmaker Charles Auguste Loye publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris 1875 - 1882 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 278 mm x width 196 mm soldier soldier's life dying monochrome etching man kneeling uneven ground arm raised upward head tilted back face turned sky wears loose draped clothing wide sash waist long garment folds creases legs hand grips long rifle rests thigh extends lower edge image background filled dense swirling dark strokes suggesting turbulent clouds lower margin image contains printed elements small signature right edge

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