Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
French, 1792-1845
The French Soldier
INV-9629
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
French, 1792-18451818/19
The French Soldier
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet French, 1792-1845 →lithographprint
Date
1818/19
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 45.8 × 33.9 cm (18 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet: 54.4 × 40.1 cm (21 7/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Charlet's first lithographs, entirely of military subjects, were executed while he was studying under Baron Gros. While the Bourbon Restoration excluded works celebrating Napoleon from the official Salons, prints of veterans from the Napoleonic army were very widely circulated, contributing to the formation of the Napoleonic legend. Here Charlet celebrates the tenacity, spirit, and bravery of the foot soldiers who served under Napoleon.
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