Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Sketch of the Appearance of the Russion Army 152, 000 men at the Grand Review"; inscribed in graphite, verso: [...].
Descriptive Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Vertus, Blancs-Coteaux, France
Country
France
Medium
Wash Drawing
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
On August 29 (September 10), 1815, the Russian Army paraded in the Champagne plain near Vertus; more than 150,000 men and 600 guns were involved in the show-parade.