The Poles at Somosierra, 1808 - Original Engraving directed by Lemaitre
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Original steel engraving of the Poles at Somosierra: the mounted lancer officers in the czapka, the troop drawn up at the left and a group of prisoners at the right, above the pass. French and Spanish captions; engraving directed by Lemaitre.
Original steel engraving of the Poles at Somosierra: the mounted lancer officers in the czapka, the troop drawn up at the left and a group of prisoners at the right, above the pass. French and Spanish captions; engraving directed by Lemaitre.
On 30 November 1808 the squadron of Polish chevau-légers of the Imperial Guard, under Jan Kozietulski, stormed the Spanish batteries of the Somosierra pass: one of the most celebrated cavalry charges of the Peninsular War.
Medium: Steel engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Under the direction of Lemaitre
Date: Circa 1840
Source: History of Poland, by Charles Foster, in the Panorama Universal (Spanish edition)
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 in (20 x 13.3 cm)
Condition: Mounted on paper, with foxing scattered through the margins.
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Original steel engraving of the Poles at Somosierra: the mounted lancer officers in the czapka, the troop drawn up at the left and a group of prisoners at the right, above the pass. French and Spanish captions; engraving directed by Lemaitre.