La Valeur est immortelle en France: Aux Guerriers vieillis sous les Lauriers succedent d'autres Héros, qui se couvrent de gloire
Color aquatint by Charon after Aubry; 'Representation of French valour: montage of trophies in a landscape; a wounded guardsman, laurel wreathe in his left hand, leaning on a plaque listing Napoleonic victories; to left, a peg-leg amputee soldier bearing a scroll referring to earlier campaigns [Fontenoy; Laufelt; Roucoux], to right a column with names of successful military commanders of the past, in foreground a cadet signifying his intention to give his life for his country' -- British Museum Color aquatint by Charon after Aubry; 'Representation of French valour: montage of trophies in a landscape; a wounded guardsman, laurel wreathe in his left hand, leaning on a plaque listing Napoleonic victories; to left, a peg-leg amputee soldier bearing a scroll referring to earlier campaigns [Fontenoy; Laufelt; Roucoux], to right a column with names of successful military commanders of the past, in foreground a cadet signifying his intention to give his life for his country' -- British Museum Oblong folio, matted; margins trimmed close; worn. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1949
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