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Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Two infantrymen rescuing a wounded soldier Pen and brown ink, highlights of white Signed and dated "A de Neuville/ 1883" and inscribed "To my friend/ Jean Thivet- Mazede (?) in memory of the inauguration of Nov. 17, 1989/ Vve Alph de Neuville/ March 90. » 42.7 x 29 cm. Study for a group in the centre of the painting, Le combat de la platrière, episode of the battle of Champigny in 1870, now in the Château de Versailles (inv. MV6308). The drawing shows the death of Captain Adjutant Major Forest-Defraye of the 122nd Line.
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Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Two infantrymen rescuing a wounded soldier Pen and brown ink, highlights of white Signed and dated "A de Neuville/ 1883" and inscribed "To my friend/ Jean Thivet- Mazede (?) in memory of the inauguration of Nov. 17, 1989/ Vve Alph de Neuville/ March 90. » 42.7 x 29 cm. Study for a group in the centre of the painting, Le combat de la platrière, episode of the battle of Champigny in 1870, now in the Château de Versailles (inv. MV6308). The drawing shows the death of Captain Adjutant Major Forest-Defraye of the 122nd Line.
