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Marche dInfanterie en Algérie

Watercolour
1840-ca. 1843 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This appears to depict an episode in the French army's capture in 1843 of the retinue of Abd al-Qadir, leader of Algerian resistance to French colonialism. After the loss of his women and slaves, it was said by a contemporary French historian that the great Algerian chieftain was no longer a man: he surrendered in 1847, thus completing French hegemony in Algeria. The most famous representation of the event was Horace Vernet's huge Prise de la Smala d'Abd-el-Kader par le duc d'Aumale, painted in 1845 as part of the decoration of the Galerie des Batailles at Versailles.

Ginain exhibited frequently at the Salon in Paris and was known for his paintings of military subjects, which, after a visit to Algeria in 1840, included scenes from the French conquest.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMarche dInfanterie en Algérie (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Water- and bodycolour, heightened with white, over pencil; cut across at the top corners
Brief description
Watercolour, `Marche d'Infanterie en Algérie', 1840-about 1843, by Louis-Eugène Ginain
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.3cm
  • Width: 23.3cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed Eug. Ginain; inscribed with title and Eug:Ginain. on former mount
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt. Valenti - Oct.1967, £15'.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This appears to depict an episode in the French army's capture in 1843 of the retinue of Abd al-Qadir, leader of Algerian resistance to French colonialism. After the loss of his women and slaves, it was said by a contemporary French historian that the great Algerian chieftain was no longer a man: he surrendered in 1847, thus completing French hegemony in Algeria. The most famous representation of the event was Horace Vernet's huge Prise de la Smala d'Abd-el-Kader par le duc d'Aumale, painted in 1845 as part of the decoration of the Galerie des Batailles at Versailles.

Ginain exhibited frequently at the Salon in Paris and was known for his paintings of military subjects, which, after a visit to Algeria in 1840, included scenes from the French conquest.
Collection
Accession number
SD.424

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Record createdJanuary 22, 2008
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