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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. A group of 30 original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations of scenes and events from the Franco-Prussian War, image 1
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. A group of 30 original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations of scenes and events from the Franco-Prussian War, image 2
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. A group of 30 original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations of scenes and events from the Franco-Prussian War, image 3
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. A group of 30 original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations of scenes and events from the Franco-Prussian War, image 4
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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.
A group of 30 original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations of scenes and events from the Franco-Prussian War,

6 – 13 December 2018, 10:00 EST
New York

US$600 - US$800

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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.

A group of 30 original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations of scenes and events from the Franco-Prussian War, various illustrators including RICHARD KNOTEL, H. ALBRECHT, NICHOLAS ZIMMER and others, many examples signed, n.d. [but late 19th/early 20th century], various sizes (30 x 45 mm to 110 x 170 mm), all examples with notations in German identifying the battle or scene and its date and, often, the artist, all examples tipped at edges to mat and housed in four separate double-sided frames.

An interesting group of works showing both French and Prussian military marching and on horseback, engaging in battle, felling telegraph lines and sorting through rubble post-battle. Knotel is remembered for his Uniformenkunde, a comprehensive look at European military uniforms to 1914.

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