LOT 57 Les braves gens James Prinsep Barnes Beadle(British, 1863-1947)
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96.5 x 193cm (38 x 76in).
James Prinsep Barnes Beadle (British, 1863-1947)
Les braves gens oil on canvas96.5 x 193cm (38 x 76in).
|ProvenancePrivate European collection.ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy, 1906, no. 150.London, Guildhall, Exhibition of naval and military works, 1915. (Lent by Sir Walter Greene).LiteratureGuildhall Art Gallery, Catalogue of works by naval and military artists of Great Britain and her allies, France, Russia and Belguim, London, 1915, no. 225. 'Franco Prussian war, 1870. On the march towards the front, of the brigade of light cavalry commanded by General Margueritte, a moving sight was encountered. Some fifty cuirassiers, led by a lieutenant, crossed their path. They were sordid looking, fierce, some were bareheaded or wearing fatigue caps, other wore blood-stained bandages, and only the underjacket of the cuirasses. They sat with their backs bent having the look of ghosts. They were all that remained of an entire regiment. A murmur ran down the ranks of General Margueritte's brigade, "Mon Dieu! The cuirassiers of Reichshoffen!" The general interrogated the lieutenant, and suddenly rang out the command: "Draw swords, pass at the salute!" And slowly, before the motionless heroes, the brigade passed, presenting arms.General Margueritte himself was killed shortly afterwards, and his Chasseurs d'Afrique almost annihilated in their great charge on the plateau just outside the Sedan.' (Guildhall Art Gallery, Catalogue of works by naval and military artists of Great Britain and her allies, France, Russia and Belguim, London, 1915, p. 77-78)
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