1836
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Lithographic Album of 1837: Half-Battalion at Left…Aim!...Fire!...Load is a 1836 by Auguste Raffet, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows soldiers in a chaotic moment on a battlefield. Some are standing, others are down, and horses and guns are scattered around. The scene looks messy and dark, with smoke or dust in the air. The text below says it’s from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, but this image was made much later, in 1836. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the action clearly. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used drama and emotion in their work.
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (2 March 1804 – 16 February 1860) was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire.
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