An Attack on Acre
Perhaps painted c.1845 (cf. Raffet, 'The Surrender at Ulm', P745). Acre was attacked unsuccessfully by the French eight times during Napoleon’s Syrian campaign of 1799. The uniforms of the foreground soldiers, however, belong to a later date.
c. 1845
Pencil and watercolour on paper
9.1 x 11.5cm
P747
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