Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 496
oss of the ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. 281 Legion of Honor. At tlie last moment, when the defense of the house in which these fewcombatants have taken refuge is become hopeless, the supply of ammunition is found to havefailed—there are no more cartridges. The combatants in this room are face to… … THE LAST CARTRIDGES. FROM THE PICTURE BY ALPHONSE DE NEUVILLE. knows that his doom is sealed. Unless a bullet shall find him, he is a prisoner to the enemy.Here, as in all his pictures, De Neuvilles reliance upon simple nature marked him for a greatcareer. He had the j^ower of genius to exjaress…
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