26 - Armand Dumaresq Charles Édouard (1826–1895): Gouache drawing, portrait of Colonel Tramond, depicted in his colonel’s uniform, wearing a red kepi; gilded wooden frame with mat; 29 x 22.5 cm, frame 53 x 43 cm.

Armand Dumaresq Charles Édouard (1826–1895): Gouache drawing, portrait of Colonel Tramond, depicted in his colonel’s uniform, wearing a red kepi; gilded wooden frame with mat; 29 x 22.5 cm, frame 53 x 43 cm. Second Empire period. Very good condition. PROVENANCE: former H. D. collection, 1990. Assigned to the 75th Line Regiment, TRAMOND saw the start of the Franco-Prussian War; he was wounded in the head during the Battle of Bormy (Moselle) on August 14, 1870; As a battalion commander, he was taken prisoner at Metz on October 29, 1870, but managed to escape shortly thereafter. In Lille, on November 2, 1870, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Saint-Quentin, which earned him a mention in the report of the Army of the North. As a lieutenant colonel, he took part in the campaign against the Paris Commune and, in that capacity, was mentioned in the order of the 1st Army Corps in April 1871. Reassigned as a battalion commander in December 1871, he served in North Africa for several months in 1872. From 1879 to 1883, Colonel TRAMOND commanded the 5th, then the 59th Infantry Regiment. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1881 and promoted to brigadier general in 1883. He commanded an infantry brigade before being appointed Inspector General of the Prytanée military schools and, beginning in 1884, of the military cadet schools... He was promoted to major general on December 21, 1889.