National Army Museum

The Battle of Fontenoy

mezzotint, coloured, etching

Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-169-1

Description

The Battle of Fontenoy. Coloured mezzotint by Jazet, after Horace Vernet, published by Bulla and Jouy, 1850 (c). Shows the painting at the Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles, with British colours being laid before Louis XV. Associated with the Battle of Fontenoy, War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) 1745.

Events

Fontenoy, Battle of, 1745 (War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748)

People

Dimensions

Width: 37.5 in Text: 21 in Part 1: 26 in Part 1: 41.5 in

Inscriptions

bottom right ‘GRAVE PAR JAZET’ bottom right ‘LONDON E GAMBART AND Co 25 Berners St Oxf St / NEW YORK E SEITZ, 413 Broadway’ bottom left ‘PEINT PAR HORACE VERNET’ bottom left ‘PARIS BULLA freres and JOUY, Editeurs / BERLIN FD EBNER, 196 Friedrichstrasse’ bottom ‘Imp de Jazet 7 rue de Lanery, Paris’ bottom right ‘Battle of Fontenoy’