Armée française. Garde–mobile. Artillerie / Image d'Épinal, c. 1870.

Artist

Publisher

Wentzel, Jean Frédéric (French, 1807–1869)

Accession Number: SVFC-0745-12.2023

Category: Pictures

Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 282 x 392 mm; black ink stamp “5051 2” to reverse. Top: "Armée française. Garde–mobile. Artillerie." — (gothic font) "Französische Armee. Mobil–Garde. Artillerie." — "№103". Below left: "Lith F. C. Wentzel édit. à Wissembourg. (Alsacé); center: Déposé; right: Druck u. Verlag v. F. C. Wentzel in Weissemburg. (Elsass)."; Bottom: "Trompette" — "Capitaine" — "Porte-Drapeau". — "Soldat" — "Cantinière."

Jean Frédéric Wentzel (French, 1807 – 1869) – publisher/printer.

Additional Information

Collection	European prints and drawings
Type / Purpose	Propaganda
Period	19 AD , Mid-19th century
Country	France
Language	French , German
Media/Technique	Hand-colouring , Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper
Subject	Bonapartism , Image d'Épinal , Image d'Épinal (Popular print) , Military , Politics , Propaganda , Second Empire (France) , Second French Empire
Creation / Publishing year	1870
Acquisition year	2023