Grand'Garde (Souvenir of the Siege of Paris)

James Tissot

1878 · Etching and drypoint on laid paper; only state · Drawings and Prints

Tissot enlisted in the National Guard to defend the city of Paris during the Prussian siege in 1870. This is one of a series of six etchings he produced later in the decade, all subtitled "Souvenir du Siege de Paris" and based on drawings he made during the conflict. Thomas Gibson Bowles, the editor of "Vanity Fair," based a wood engraved illustration for his book, "The Defense of Paris: Narrated As It Was Seen" (1871) on the same now-lost drawing.

Artist

James Tissot

Date

1878

Medium

Etching and drypoint on laid paper; only state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963