1830
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les Munitionaires du 28 Juillet is a 1830 ink by Auguste Raffet, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white scene shows a chaotic street moment. A crowd of people—some in work clothes, others in hats—stands around a man in a tall hat holding a gun. Kids peek out from behind adults, and a horse lies on the ground nearby. The background has buildings and a sign that’s hard to read. The title hints this might be about a protest or uprising, but the focus is on the messy, crowded energy. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and tension. Look up lithography to see how this print was made.
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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