Year 1873 | Created 1873 | |
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Type Oil on canvas, historical painting Artist Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville | ||
Georges m li s les dernires cartouches 1897 the last cartridges
The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches) is an 1873 painting by the French artist Alphonse de Neuville.
It recreates an incident of the Franco-Prussian War, when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan. The fighting at Bazeilles was celebrated by the French nation amidst an otherwise catastrophic defeat.
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