Sketches of the veteran Field Marshal Blücher, taken from life June 12th: St. James's palace 10 July 1814 Le Maeschal Prince Blucher respecte la memoire du brave Capitaine Begue de l'artillerie, Regiment des Rockets, qui est mort glorieusement a la bataille de Leipzig. Il m'ordonne de saluer la respectable Veuve de ce valiant Officier, et tous ceux que lui apartiennent.", Sitter's facsimile signat
Hand-colored stipple-engraved proof by Swaine after Rehberg, published July 13, 1814. 'Sketches of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, on top right: bust portrait to left, looking at the viewer, wearing feathered bicorne; on bottom right: bust to left with casual clothing; bottom left: bust in profile to the left, smoking long pipe; on centre right: two whole-length skecthes smoking long pipes, one turned to the left with left hand on pocket, the other in profile to the left, with left hand holding the pipe; after sketches by Rehberg. 1814' -- British Museum. Hand-colored stipple-engraved proof by Swaine after Rehberg, published July 13, 1814. 'Sketches of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, on top right: bust portrait to left, looking at the viewer, wearing feathered bicorne; on bottom right: bust to left with casual clothing; bottom left: bust in profile to the left, smoking long pipe; on centre right: two whole-length skecthes smoking long pipes, one turned to the left with left hand on pocket, the other in profile to the left, with left hand holding the pipe; after sketches by Rehberg. 1814' -- British Museum. Large upright folio; plate mark, margins intact; margins soiled. Paris, Grangié sale, 1968.
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