Artist(s):
after GROS, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
Composed Title English:
The battle of Wagram.
Inscribed Title:
BATAILLE DE WAGRAM.
Inscription:
Après deux heures de combat les Autrichiens abandonnèrent la victoire : ils avaient perdu trente-un mille hommes. Il n'y eut que || deux mille français de tués; mais au nombre des morts étaient l'intrépide Lasalle général de cavalerie.
Description:
Napoleon in the centre mounted, talks to his officer, not far from the chaos of the battle. Just behind, General Lasalle has fallen off his horse, mortally wounded, and is being supported. His horse, in the centre foreground of the image, also fallen.
Original Work:
Bataille de Wagram, 6 juillet 1809.
byGros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
. Musée napoléonien, Château de Grosbois.Subject Heading(s):
Lasalle, Charles, comte de (1775-1809) général
Lasalle, Charles, comte de (1775-1809) général -- death of
Medium:
lithograph; hand-coloured
Series:
same series as 8° N III 196
Dimensions:
218 x 295; sheet
Condition:
fine; top centre, damage caused by water
Copy Specific:
recto, bottom right: "5" ; verso: "O/N 129120"
Provenance:
"O/N 129120" collector
McGill Notes:
Pennington Catalogue p. *
LocNo:
8° N III 198