Lot n° 68
Estimation :
500 - 600
EUR
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Result
: 450EUR
1889 - Lot 68
1889
FRENCH SCHOOL OF TRAVELLING PAINTERS.
Cho-Moï expeditionary column.
Watercolor on framed paper signed Antoine and captioned lower left in pen "Colonne de Cho-Moï Province de Taï-Ng'uen (Tonkin) 1889" and inscribed on verso "Colonne expéditionnaire Borgnis Desbordes (Prise de Cho-Moï et Cho-Chu 17/1/1889".
Dimensions: 35x49 cm.
The expeditionary column depicted in this work was led by Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (1839-1900). A French Major General, he played an active role in the colonial conquest of Cochinchina, Tonkin and Sudan.
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