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| The Battle of Zorndorf Wojciech Kossak Charge of the Prussian Cuirassiers led by Seydlitz at the Battle of Zorndorf 25th August 1758 |
Thought I'd share some paintings I like.
Back later.
Maybe. I might need to take that sabbatical after all...
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| The Battle of Valmy Horace Vernet Won by General Kellermann over Prussian and Brunswick troops in 1792. |
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| Le Rêve Édouard Detaille Soldiers of the French Third Republic dream of the glory of their predecessors. |
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| The Battle of Bunker Hill Howard Pyle |
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| Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Leutze |
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| Surrender of Lord Cornwallis John Trumbull |
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| Battle of Gettysburg Thure de Thulstrup |
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| Battles of Jena and Auerstädt 14 Oct 1806 Édouard Detaille |
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| Haut les têtes, la mitraille c'est pas de la merde! Louis Lepic and the Grenadiers à Cheval at Preussisch-Eylau, 1807 |
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| Napoleon's return from the Island of Elba, March 7th 1815 Charles de Steuben (Source) |
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| 1807, Friedland Ernest Meissonier |
Fair winds and following seas Sarge.
ReplyDeleteA good weekend, I'm having an attack of the lazies perhaps...
DeleteWell earned sabbatical. Rest easy.
ReplyDeleteThanks STxAR.
DeleteTake the Sabbatical when you can Sarge, not when it is convenient. At our age we just never know.
ReplyDeleteMany times "when you can" is based on "when it's convenient." The trick is knowing the difference I think.
DeleteIt’s all about change, Sarge.
ReplyDeleteWe can resist, and be miserable, or embrace it, and adjust.
It’s gonna happen anyway.
Adjusting is hard...
DeleteHave a safe, restful weekend, my Friend.
ReplyDeleteThanks juvat.
DeleteI understand exactly what you're saying, Sarge. Seasonal change is in the air, Political odor is strong in the wind...
ReplyDeleteI feel like stepping back from everything to just watch what's going to happen.
The political odor is rather like dead skunk. Though truth be told, the ex-skunk smells better.
DeleteI'm pretty sure the grenadiers a cheval didn't say that. Maybe the guys on the ground. I'm sure that everybody found war ever so much more restful before John Churchill went and ruined it by actually attacking other armies.
ReplyDeleteYou should take a bit of a rest and then perhaps adopt a slightly less voluminous posting schedule. Maybe you could invite some other distinguished bloggers to join with your crew. There are a lot of them out there and just think of all the Adjuncts that would love to write and have people actually read what they write! They'd be over the moon with happiness and stuffed with words they are that they are dying to dribble out in a torrent.
No doubt apocryphal, but Colonel Lepic was an odd character.
DeleteYou provide food for thought.
I enjoy these pictures, but I realized that I probably wouldn't like to see the same for more modern battles and warfare. These pics almost romanticize war, making it seems as if the battles were more brave and valiant, than bloody and hellish. Not a criticism of the artist, you, or war in general, but showing horses and swords vice M4s, MRAPs, and IEDs definitely displays a far different type of warfare.
ReplyDeleteAir warfare paintings though I could look at all day, old or new.
DeleteTuna the 1st - War was brutal and nasty then as well. Artists seldom see the real thing, and if they did they'd paint something else.
DeleteTuna the 2nd - I remember a painting I saw as a kid, World War I, two French airmen jumping from their burning aircraft at altitude. No, they weren't wearing parachutes.
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