1873, Auguste Lançon, Dead in Line! -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum/exhibition label:
Salon 1874, no. 1065
Lançon, a member of the press corps during the Franco-Prussian War, reproduced scenes from the war zone in the popular journal L'Illustration. His painting Dead in Line! shows the aftermath of the Battle of Bazeilles, waged on September 1, 1870, the day before Emperor Napoleon III surrendered. Apparently Lançon witnessed and recorded this grisly scene. An etching he made was published soon after the battle. He revisited that composition for another etching he exhibited at the Salon of 1873 before returning to it once again for this painting. The horror is amplified through the larger scale and use of vivid color.
1873, Auguste Lançon, Dead in Line! -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum/exhibition label:
Salon 1874, no. 1065
Lançon, a member of the press corps during the Franco-Prussian War, reproduced scenes from the war zone in the popular journal L'Illustration. His painting Dead in Line! shows the aftermath of the Battle of Bazeilles, waged on September 1, 1870, the day before Emperor Napoleon III surrendered. Apparently Lançon witnessed and recorded this grisly scene. An etching he made was published soon after the battle. He revisited that composition for another etching he exhibited at the Salon of 1873 before returning to it once again for this painting. The horror is amplified through the larger scale and use of vivid color.