Légende

Napoleon among soldiers during the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, Demi-bataillon de gauche... joue!... feu!... chargez. Waterloo, 18 June 1815 6 heures du soir, Album de 1837, Album with twelve prints by Auguste Raffet from 1837, print, Series number, 1, 12, printmaker: Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, printer (person): Gihaut frères, Paris, 1837, printer (person), paper, lithography, lithography with planing technique, height 225 mm x width 301 mm, Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), the soldier, the soldier's life, emperor, charge, battle, Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo, Period, 1815-06-18, A wide monochrome scene shows soldiers in period uniforms arranged across a battlefield with smoke and haze filling the sky; in the foreground there are fallen figures lying on the ground near broken wooden wheels and scattered equipment, while a mounted officer in a bicorn hat sits on a horse near the center looking to the left; to the left a line of infantry stand in formation with tall headgear and packs on their backs, and a standing soldier in the near foreground faces them holding a long weapon; to the right a dense group of mounted and foot soldiers cluster beneath standards and plumed helmets, with indistinct faces and overlapping figures; the ground is textured with straw, debris, and clothing, and the image has an aged, spotted paper border.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B12_216

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40.9Mo (6.5Mo) / 35.8cm x 28.6cm / 4232 x 3375 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Napoleon soldiers Battle Waterloo June 18 1815 Demi-bataillon de gauche.. joue!.. feu!.. chargez 18 June 1815 6 heures du soir Album de 1837 Album twelve prints Auguste Raffet 1837 print Series number 1 12 printmaker Denis Auguste Marie Raffet printer person Gihaut frères Paris paper lithography planing technique height 225 mm x width 301 mm Person Napoleon I Emperor French soldier soldier's life emperor charge battle Period 1815-06-18 wide monochrome scene period uniforms arranged across battlefield smoke haze filling sky foreground fallen figures lying ground near broken wooden wheels scattered equipment mounted officer bicorn hat sits horse near center looking left line infantry stand formation tall headgear packs backs standing soldier near foreground faces them holding long weapon right dense group mounted foot soldiers cluster beneath standards plumed helmets indistinct faces overlapping figures ground textured straw debris clothing image aged spotted paper border