The Shades of French Soldiers from the Past Exhort the Army to Victory on the Rhine, c. 1870

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Medium

brush and brown ink, black watercolor, and white gouache over graphite on wove paper, laid down on heavy paper

Dimensions

overall: 65.5 x 91 cm (25 13/16 x 35 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund

Accession Number

2006.62.1

Artists / Makers

Gustave Doré (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in brown gouache: à mon ami Bourdelin / G Doré

Provenance

M. Bourdelin, Paris; Mme Joseph Michel, niece of the artist, Paris; by descent to her daughter, Mme. Jouaust; by descent to private collector, family of the artist; (sale, Sotheby's London, 19 November 2001, no. 137); (Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bourdelin, M.
Feigen, Richard L.
Jouaust Mme.
Michel-Doré, Joseph Mme.
Sotheby's, London

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 122.

2012: Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 45, 159, no. 20 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Bibliography

1891: Jerrold, Blanchard. Life of Gustave Doré. London, 1891: 291-291, 408.

1931: Leblanc, Henri. Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Gustav Doré. Paris, 1931: 29, 503, 530, no. 177.