European and British Art, Part II
European and British Art, Part II
Property from a Private Collection
John Lewis Brown
Battle of Reichshoffen, 6 August 1870
Lot Closed
July 13, 03:15 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
John Lewis Brown
French
1829 - 1890
Battle of Reichshoffen, 6 August 1870
signed and dated John Lewis Brown 1872 lower left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 148 by 146.5cm., 58¼ by 57¾in.
Framed: 175 by 174cm., 68¾ by 68½in.
Sale: 3 February, 1919
Private collection, France
James Faber Ltd., London
Purchased from the above by the present owner on 30 January 1993
The Battle of Reichshoffen (also known as the Battle of Wörth) took place near the village of Wœrth in Alsace, on the Sauer River at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. It is referred to as the second battle of Wörth (the first occurred during the French Revolutionary wars in 1793). In the second battle depicted here, troops from Germany defeated the French, primarily due to a much larger army and superior artillery.