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| Keywords: Alphonse de Neuville - In the Trenches - Walters 37118.jpg Members of the Garde Mobile French expeditionary forces are huddled in a shallow trench during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 De Neuville has conveyed the general misery and tedium between battles that is associated with trench warfare The artist complained that his dealer Alphonse Goupil wanted more flattering less disturbing subjects and refused to pay him more than 6 000 francs a small fee for this painting 1874 oil on canvas without frame cm 57 7 96 5 ;<br /> with frame cm 92 1 128 3 11 4 accession number 37 118 19510 Goupil et Cie Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown photograph no 1405 Henry Wallis London date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1878 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1878 A de Neuville / 1874 signature/date lower right ~ War à la Mode Military Painting from the Forbes Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1977 Redefining Genre French and American Painting 1850-1900 The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; Society of the Four Arts Palm Beach; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Meridian International Center Washington 1995-1996 place of origin Walters Art Museum license 2D French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville 1874 paintings Trench warfare 19th-century military life in painting Sleeping men in art Snow in art Garde nationale mobile 1870s paintings from France Paintings of men sitting on the ground outdoors Paintings of people with snow Alphonse de Neuville Franco-Prussian War | ||||
