Drawing Of General Jean François Coquille Dugommier General Of Empire By Edouard Girardet

Drawing Of General Jean François Coquille Dugommier General Of Empire By Edouard Girardet Magnificent bronze frame Dimensions of frame: 19.5 x 13.5 cm Born in Basse-Terre (island of Guadeloupe) on August 1, 1738, Jacques François Coquille, dit Dugommier, y retires after twenty-five years of service to the colonies and devotes himself to the exploitation of his land. In 1789, enthusiastic supporter of equality and fraternity, he was elected member of the Colonial Assembly and commander of the island's national guard. In 1792, Dugommier became a deputy to the Convention. He then applied for a post in the army, was appointed general on the recommendation of Jean-Paul Marat and was sent to the army of Italy. The seat of Toulon is entrusted to him. He is the first to praise Citizen Buonaparte in an official report. He then received command of the Pyrenees-Orientales army and died there on November 18, 1794 during the battle of the Sierra Negra, near Figueras. The Convention orders that his name be inscribed on one of the columns of the Pantheon.