[Action Heroique De Juban, Sergent-Major au 5e. bataillon de Rhone et Loire. (8th April 1793)][The French soldier Juban leaps into the water having destroyed a wooden bridge with his axe; thus preventing Austrian troops approaching the far bank from crossing.]
[French, Deroy? 1796 - 1805.]
Etching and aquatint with descriptive letterpress sheet, 195 x 135mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Slight staining.
From a series of propaganda prints publicising the heroic exploits of French soldiers of the Revolutionary army on the battlefield; probably 'Les Fastes du Peuple français, ou tableaux raisonnés de toutes les actions héroïques et civiques du soldat et du citoyen français' by Jacques Grasset Saint-Sauveur.
See BNF: FRBNF40253477.
[Ref: 15818] £90.00
Etching and aquatint with descriptive letterpress sheet, 195 x 135mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Slight staining.
From a series of propaganda prints publicising the heroic exploits of French soldiers of the Revolutionary army on the battlefield; probably 'Les Fastes du Peuple français, ou tableaux raisonnés de toutes les actions héroïques et civiques du soldat et du citoyen français' by Jacques Grasset Saint-Sauveur.
See BNF: FRBNF40253477.
[Ref: 15818] £90.00