Print depicting six military soldiers aiming their guns at the man to be executed. The man has one knee on the ground and one leg outstretched before him and is holding back his dog that wants to defend him. Three men in the background are overseeing the execution. Three inch gilt frame.
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
ink
paper (fiber product)
deaths
armed forces
Print
Print, Intaglio
Engraving
Ink
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Death
Military
Engraving
Printed beneath print: ""Peint par Vigneron. Imprimerie de Goupil et Vibert. Grave par A. Durand. Paris___ Goupil & Vibert, Editeurs, Boulevart Monmartre, 15, & rue de Lancry, 7 London__Published 7ber 1st 1845, by E. Gambart, Junin & Co., 25, Berners St. Oxford St."" See worksheet for further inscription.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Louis-Antoine-Henri Enghien
Vigneron (Painter)
Goupil, Vibert & Cie. (Printer)
E. Gambert & Co. (Publisher)
France; Paris, France; London, England
22 x 25 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.237
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