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Lot 168
ALPHONSE MARIE ADOLPHE DE NEUVILLE (1835 - 1885)
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Auction Type: Live Floor
THE DEFENCE OF RORKE'S DRIFT
22-3 January 1879, Painted by Alphonso de Neuville, Etched by Leopold Flameng.
Dimension: 38.7 x 21 in
Estimate: ₹70,000 – ₹90,000
Details
To her majesty the Queen This plates by special permission dedicated by her Majesty's obedient Servant THE FINE ART SOCIETY. Double Raw Silk mounted Glazed and Framed.
Literature
Alphonse "Marie" Adolphe de Neuville (31 May 1835 -18 May 1885) was a French Academic painter who studied under Eug'ne Delacroix. His dramatic and intensely patriotic subjects illustrated episodes from the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, the Zulu War and portraits of soldiers. Some of his works have been collected by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and by the Metropolitan Museum in New York.