Set of 11 original small-format etchings by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819) with military scenes of the Napoleonic period: the march of the army, the inspection of an infantry post, English and Scottish troops, a Cossack kitchen, a Russian camp, a soldiers' brawl and others.
Set of 11 original small-format etchings by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819) with military scenes of the Napoleonic period: the march of the army, the inspection of an infantry post, English and Scottish troops, a Cossack kitchen, a Russian camp, a soldiers' brawl and others.
Duplessis-Bertaux was the graphic chronicler par excellence of the campaigns of the Republic and the Empire, and his small coppers, of nervous and highly detailed draughtsmanship, are the most sought after of his work. The set comes from a series of twenty: nine are lacking.
Medium: Etching.
Artist / after: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819).
Engraver: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux.
Date: 1803.
Source: Fantaisies diverses by Duplessis-Bertaux; 11 prints from a series of 20.
Dimensions: 5.1 x 3.3 in (13 x 8.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Toned paper, with some light damp staining in the margins.