Accession number
PML 140274.16
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, 1827.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Signed and dated by the artist within the image at right; "Lith. de Villain, rue de Sèvres, No 23" directly below image at right; imprint at lower right.
Copy printed on chine collé.
Library's copy folded down the center and mounted onto bound stub.
Comprises plate 104 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Copy printed on chine collé.
Library's copy folded down the center and mounted onto bound stub.
Comprises plate 104 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 234 x 320 mm; sheet: 345 x 530 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an old soldier seated on a stone bench at left, instructing a young infantryman who has a broom under his arm; with a group of soldiers carrying brooms and spades standing behind him at right.
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