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Alphonse-Marie Adolphe de Neuville (1835 - 1885)

ASN0006 Auction Type: Live Floor

Dimension: 98.5 x 53.5 cms.

R 70,000 - R 90,000

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THE DEFENCE of RORKE’S DRIFT 22–3 January 1879. To her majesty the Queen This plates by special permission dedicated by her Majesty’s obedient Servant THE FINE ART SOCIETY; Painted by Alphonso de Neuville, Etched by Leopold Flameng. Double Raw Silk mounted Glazed and Framed.

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Alphonse –Marie–Adolphe de Neuville (31 May 1835–18 May 1885) was a French Academic painter who studied under Eugène 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.