Revoluties

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collector's mark: Lugt 2228a

Art Historical Context

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792–1845), a prolific French lithographer and painter, captures the turbulent spirit of early 19th-century France in *Revoluties* (1831). Known for his witty military scenes and satirical depictions of soldiers—often drawing from his own service in Napoleon's Imperial Guard—Charlet produced this work amid the aftershocks of the July Revolution of 1830. That uprising had toppled the Bourbon monarchy, ushering in the July Monarchy under Louis-Philippe, a period rife with political unrest and revolutionary fervor. The title, evoking "revolutions," likely nods to these ...

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Nicolas Toussaint Charlet · 1792–1845

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