id:			167933
accession number:	2009.519
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.519
updated:		2020-11-04 22:06:39.512000

The French Soldier (Le Soldat français), 1818. Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792-1845), Delpech. Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake 2009.519

title:				The French Soldier (Le Soldat français)
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creation date:			1818
creation date earliest:		1818
creation date latest:		1818
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creditline:			Gift of John Bonebrake
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Fonds Français vol. IV, p. 313, no. 40; de La Combe p. 220 no. 74; Béraldi vol. IV, p. 117, no. 74

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CREATORS

* Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792-1845)  - artist

* Delpech  - published by

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation
	opening date:   2011-10-02T00:00:00
	<i>A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 2, 2011-January 29, 2012).

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Lithography was invented in 1798 by the German Aloys Senefelder. Although the technique was introduced in France in 1801, it was predominantly used for commercial ventures until 1815 when lithographic workshops—like that of François Delpech, who printed <em>The French Soldier</em>—were established in Paris. In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated the throne and was banished to the island of Elba before being permanently exiled on Saint Helena. With the ensuing void in leadership, an idealized version of the Napoleonic era developed and Charlet was one of many artists who used art to glorify the French military. The French soldier depicted here, victorious against the prone Englishman, reloads his rifle and, although wounded, courageously continues to fight. The couplet from Horace beneath the scene comments that nothing can shatter the steadfastness of an honorable man.
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