Soldier's Family Encamped

c. 1818

Horace Vernet

Associated Names
Horace Vernet

Artist, French, 1789 - 1863

The image shows three figures seated closely together in front of a rustic makeshift shelter made of branches and fabric. The figure on the left is a woman covered with a hooded cloak. Next to her is a man with his arm around a young child. The child is facing the man and wearing a fur-lined coat. The background includes a rough stone wall, a horse, a large tree trunk, and leafless trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 x 24.6 cm (7 1/2 x 9 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.7 x 34.9 cm (10 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.128.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 73

  • Series Title

    Scènes de la Ville militaire

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley, Paris [1847-1919], (Lugt 421). Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: H Vernet; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Ber 73 / b. 73; lower right in graphite: Hussard et sa famille en bivouac

Markings

recto: Alfred Beurdeley [Lugt 421]

Wikidata ID

Q75427980

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