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Chromolithograph

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1840-1870

GUSN

GUSN-24132

Description

Chromolithograph depicting a military scene w/ officers dressed in clothes of the Napoleonic era looking at a map in foreground, men negotiating and tents in background. Canvas backing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chromolithographs
canvas
ink
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
armed forces
figure- and animal-derived motifs
soldiers
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Coated Canvas
Transfer Printed
Soldier
Napoleonic Wars
Military
PICTURE, HISTORIC

Inscription

Printed below image: ""A Paris...Turgis rue St Jacques No 16 et a.../ Depose""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Turgis, Vve. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Dimensions

11.25 x 16.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5039

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