The Battle of Fontenoy: Gentlemen of England, fire first... (Montorgueil, Let's Play History!) - Job
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Date :
1908
Type of image :
Chromolithographie
Storage Location :
2013-378859
Description
The English fire and Louis XV is left alone in the field, in front of a litter of corpses. It's the "heroic butchery" described by Voltaire in Candide.
History :
- Lower right: "Les Anglois ont tiré..." The archaic -oi spelling refers to the 18th century, while the famous phrase Louis XV is said to have uttered is elided.
Technical Data
Notice #024534
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France