Count Rochambeau at Yorktown, 1781.

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Attributed to Auguste Couder. "Study of the Comte de Rochambeau for the Siege of Yorktown, c. 1835." Watercolor and graphite on paper, 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in., 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (view), conservation matted within UV-glazed frame. Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder or Auguste Couder (1789-1873) was a French painter and student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David. He joined the Académie des beaux-arts in 1839 and was an officer of the Légion d'honneur. A study of the French commander-in-chief in America during the Revolutionary War for Couder's monumental painting, "The Siege of Yorktown." The painting was commissioned by Louis-Philippe for the Gallery of the Battles at Versailles. Painted in 1836, it was part of the July Monarchy's desire to combine the glorious military heritage of the Ancien Régime with that of the Revolutionary epoch. [with] 2) Jean-Mathias Fontaine (French, 1791–1853) after Couder. "Siege de York-Town"." Etching and engraving on paper, 13 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (view) with 12 5/8 x 15 in. platemark; with blind stamp of Musee de Louvre's Chalcographie, which began making limited edition impressions from original plates within its collection, starting in the 1810s and up to present, with some gaps., selling said prints to raise funds for acquisitions of prints; this is believed to be a later strike from the original Fontaine plate of c. 1838, probably ne in the late 19th or early 20th century. PROVENANCE: Watercolor, ex. coll., S. Weir Mitchell. CONDITION: Both very good, watercolor paper with light toning.