Battle of Somosierra.
Directed by: Augustin Lemaître 1797-1870.
Provenance: History of Poland, by Charles Foster.
Size: 20x13,3 cms.
Stuck to paper.
Condition: some foxing.
Background: Peninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independence, with a heroic intervention carried out by the Polish cavalry under the command of Jan Kozietulsk. Polish Chevau-legers of the Imperial Guard fighting alongside the French in battle. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840.