EDOUARD DETAILLE
French, 1848-1912
The Charge
Signed and dated EDOUARD DETAILLE/ 1887
Watercolor on paper
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.5 cm)
Framed: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
The subject of this watercolor, a charge of Second Empire cuirassiers, corresponds with Detaille's work illustrating
the history of the French Army, L'Armée Française, published in 1889. We are grateful to François Robichon,
President of the Association des Amis d'Edouard Detaille, for his assistance in the cataloguing of this work.
Provenance
Verner Z. Reed II and Gladys Quentell Reed, Pinehurst, North Carolina, by 1934
Verner Z. Reed III, Vermont and Maine, until 2006 (by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owners
$18,000