The_Last_Cartridges_(painting)

<i>The Last Cartridges</i> (painting)

The Last Cartridges (painting)

Painting by Alphonse de Neuville

The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Alphonse de Neuville, from 1873.[1]

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It recreates an incident of the Franco-Prussian War, when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan. The fighting at Bazeilles was celebrated by the French nation as a moral victory amidst an otherwise catastrophic defeat.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Thomson p. 165.

Bibliography

  • Fermer, Douglas. Sedan 1870: The Eclipse of France. Pen and Sword, 2016.
  • Thomson, Richard. The Troubled Republic: Visual Culture and Social Debate in France, 1889-1900. Yale University Press, 2004.
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