Original steel engraving with the portrait of Marshal Davout ("Davoust" in the lettering) on campaign, engraved by H. Robinson after a composition by Louis David. A French print of the mid-19th century from a gallery of marshals of the First Empire.
Original steel engraving with the portrait of Marshal Davout ("Davoust" in the lettering) on campaign, engraved by H. Robinson after a composition by Louis David. A French print of the mid-19th century from a gallery of marshals of the First Empire.
Medium: Steel engraving (intaglio)
Artist / after: Louis David
Engraver / lithographer: H. Robinson
Date: mid-19th century
Dimensions: 7.1 x 9.6 in (18 x 24.3 cm)
Condition: heavy foxing in the margins and a wrinkle at the lower corner; the impression within the plate mark is clean