The Dream of the Soldier
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (21.5 × 29.9 cm) Sheet: 11 11/16 × 16 15/16 in. (29.7 × 43.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Ellen Robinson, 1960
Accession Number
60.683.42
Art Historical Context
Step into the evocative world of *The Dream of the Soldier a photogravure print from 1889 created by the Gebbie & Husson Company Ltd., after the original painting by French artist Édouard Detaille.le, a master of military Realism, captured the valor and nostalgia of French soldiers with meticulous detail, often drawing from his experiences documenting the Franco-Prussian War. This reproduction measures 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches, preserving the painting's dramatic composition in a fine-grained, velvety tone unique to photogravure—a late-19th-century intaglio process blending photography and engrav...
About the Artist
Gebbie & Husson Company, Ltd.|Edouard Detaille (British|French) · 1880 |1854 –1900 |1924
|French, Paris 1854–1924 Paris