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GW-0051, picture, image, drawing, Antique, early photography, photographic images, 19th century, 1800's, black and white, unframed
NAPOLEON III at Solferino 1859
| Artist.......................... |
Meissonier |
| Image Size.................. |
The actual image measures about 8" x 10" not including the detailed inscription at the bottom of the image, the original 1892 Commentary on this piece (see below). |
| Overall Size................ |
11" x 13" |
| Date Drawn/Painted... |
n/a |
| Date of this print....... |
1892 |
| Condition................. |
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Napoleon III at Solferino, Painting, Meissonier — Among the military paintings in the splendid picture gallery of the Luxembourg, in Paris, is this by the famous artist Meissonier, which represents Napoleon III at Solferino, that little village of northern Italy, which on the 24th of June, 1859, inscribed its name in letters of blood upon the page of history. The combatants were Austria on one side and France and Sardinia on the other; their respective leaders being Franz Joseph, Louis Napoleon and Victor Emanuel. It was a desperate battle, lasting sixteen hours. The Austrian troops as usual fought well, but were as usual defeated. There seems to be a strange fatality in Austrian campaigns. Is it due to the incapacity of Austrian generals? Two weeks later Napoleon III met the defeated Austrian Emperor at Villafrance and there agreed to preliminaries of peace, which seemed a little tame after this victory of Solferino, and were a crushing blow to those whose hopes had been aroused by Napoleon’s famous words, “Italy must be free from the Alps to the Adriatic.” For Venice and a part of Lombardy were still left to Austria. Nevertheless, when Napoleon III sat, as this painting represents him, surveying the victory at Solferino, his star was really at its zenith. Could he have then forseen the future, he would have sought death on the battlefield; for that was the time for him to die. He would have thus been spared the shame of Mexico, the horrible humiliation of Sedan, and the melancholy death in exile at Chiselhurst. But destiny stood behind him smiling sarcastically even in this hour of triumph. The ancients were right when they said that one of man’s greatest misfortunes is that he does not know the right time for him to leave the world! LUXEMBOURG GALLERY, PARIS, FRANCE, EUROPE.
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ORIGINAL 1892 PRINT
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This photographic view was printed in an antique book of prints made expressly for careful observation and framing - a compilation of faithful delineations of the works of God and man designed not only for visual appeal, but to stimulate a longing for a visit either to the Old World or the New. The photo is clear and obviously the work of a highly skilled professional 19th century photographer.
The back side of the print is blank. There is a nice wide border completely surrounding the entire image and detailed inscription, making this very suitable for framing or giving as a gift to someone with a connection to the place. Both the photograph and the detailed inscription give a glimpse of history rarely found elsewhere. Many were instantaneous moments from the past, rare and unique, historical, and impressive.
The shot you are looking at is probably one of the first times this subject was photographed in such clarity! It wasn't until 1839 that the first successful "daguerreotypes" were taken. Until 1839 the only way to permanently capture an image, was to either draw or paint it. Some painters employed the technique of reflecting an image onto a ground glass, and tracing it onto a surface, the same concept used in photography.
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