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LOT 0039:
Vue de Chiclana prize de la butte des martyrs dans lîle de Léon
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Vue de Chiclana prize de la butte des martyrs dans lîle de Léon
FRENCH SCHOOL S. XIX
Vue de Chiclana prize de la butte des martyrs dans lîle de Léon. 1810
watercolor on paper
Signed, titled and dated
Measures 437 x 635mm
On October 26, 1810, the Spanish Artillery launched a howitzer from the "Los Ángeles" battery on the island of León (Bay of Cádiz), causing the death of Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont (1769 - 1810), one of the most laureates of the French Army. As soon as Napoleon learned what had happened, he decreed that Sénarmont's heart be transferred to Paris and deposited with the greatest pomp in the Pantheon, where the great dignitaries of state were buried.
This interesting watercolor documents with great precision the details of the military deed.
