Caption

Despair, Soldier on horseback plunges into a ravine, French etchings from 1878, L'eau-forte en 1878, print, Series number, 12, 30, Frankish horseman flees from the battle and covers his face as he plunges into a ravine., watermark, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: Évariste Vital Luminais, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1878, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 255 mm x width 194 mm, the soldier, the soldier's life, horse, ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon, suicide out of despair, military engineering, communication and transport, A monochrome etching shows a rider clinging to a rearing horse, the rider's body bent forward with arms wrapped around the horse's neck and head bowed, hair and clothing rendered with dense lines; the horse appears tense with muscles and mane drawn in strong strokes and hooves lifted; beneath them a rocky, textured foreground transitions to a field of grass; the sky above is filled with sweeping, layered cloud forms created by fine parallel etching lines.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B25_203

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Keywords

Despair Soldier horseback plunges ravine French etchings 1878 L'eau-forte en 1878 print Series number 12 30 Frankish horseman flees battle covers face plunges watermark collector's mark AFE v S printmaker Évariste Vital Luminais publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 255 mm x width 194 mm soldier soldier's life horse chasm abyss canyon suicide despair military engineering communication transport monochrome etching rider clinging rearing horse rider's body bent forward arms wrapped horse's neck head bowed hair clothing rendered dense lines tense muscles mane drawn strong strokes hooves lifted beneath them rocky textured foreground transitions field grass sky filled sweeping layered cloud forms created fine parallel lines