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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 261
oleonic era, which he had popularised, with Charlet andBellangé, by the brush, wood engraving, and lithography. Raffethad transferred upon wood, as a labour of love, the three hundredand fifty-one vignettes of the Histoire de Napoleon, by DeNorvins, which would to-day suffice for the glory and… … Fig. 140.—Vignette by Gavarni for Paris Mane. fragment by fragment, the physiognomy of the old army;and imbued with that perfect science of detail, he allowed hispencil full play in bold and luminous inventions, in which, withtheir peculiar bearing, the heroes of other days, the soldiers ofthe…
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