Keywords: Alphonse de Neuville - Information - Walters 3793.jpg A mounted officer of the Engineers with map in hand is seeking directions from a peasant tending his flock with a dog Another mounted soldier is visible in the background A pen and ink drawing of this subject now in a private collection in Boulogne-sur-Mer dated 1876 was published by Deneuville in Croquis Militaires Paris 1876 plate 16 This drawing may be the Paysan donnant des renseignements à des officiers français listed in the Deneuville Sale Paris 1886 no 256 1876 Oil on canvas cm 46 6 33 accession number 37 93 11568 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1878 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1878 A de Neuville/ 1876 signature/date ~ place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D 1876 paintings French army 1870-1914 19th-century paintings of soldiers Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville French paintings in the United States Males with horses in art French paintings in the Walters Art Museum People with maps in art 1870s paintings from France |