Battle Capture Of The Smala Of Abd El Kader Watercolored Engraving After Bellangé 19th Century

the capture of the Smala of Abd el Kader
Nice large engraving on vellum paper after a work by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (1800-1866) from 1847.
Bellangé entered Gros's studio at a very young age, where he formed an intimate friendship with Charlet. He began at the Paris Salon as a painter of battles. This scene illustrates one of the phases of the conquest of Algeria, the conquest of  the smala of Abd-el-Kader, which preceded the surrender of Abd-el-Kader.
Etching edited by Goupil, originally colored in watercolor by the master colourist of Goupil workshop.
Subject: 53.8 x 78.6 cm        21.18 x 30.94 inches
Sheet: 72.5 x 98.8 cm             28.54 x 38.89 inches
Bibliography : la Maison Goupil, Galerie d'art internationale au XIXe siècle, par Agnès Penot ; Collection Histoire de l'art dirigée par Alain Bonnet éditions mare et martin Paris 2017. (454 pages) ISBN 979-10-92054-56-9
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