Pencil Drawing Architectural Caprice And Italian Landscape 1812 19th Century Student Military Academy

Large pencil drawing representing an architectural whim and an Italian landscape, with temples, triumphal arch, ramparts, obelisk, aqueduct, mountains, trees, characters, etc. Bears the signature "Davejan" at the bottom right and "Thonnesse professeur. Concours de 1812" at the bottom left. Jean-Marie-Etienne Davejan, born in Oloron-Saint-Marie (Pyrénées Atlantiques) in 1796, student at the Prytanée Militaire National in La Flèche (Sarthe) is a French soldier who will end his career Captain in the 42nd Infantry Regiment of the Line, knight of the Legion of Honor. Jean-Baptiste Thonnesse, born in Dijon (Cote d'Or) in 1755 is a talented painter, pastellist. He is Professor of drawing at the Prytanée de La Flèche from 1809 to 1815. Accidents and old restorations on the perimeter. Height: 48 cm Width: 39.5 cm