149 Jean Baffier, Monument des enfants du Cher morts pour la patrie (Monument...

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Description: Monument to the Children of the Cher killed for their Country (Monument des enfants...

TitleMonument to the Children of the Cher killed for their Country (Monument des enfants du Cher morts pour la patrie)

Creator nameBaffier, Jean Eugène

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1896–1907

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze on stone plinth

DimensionsUnknown

LocationSéraucourt place, Bourges, France

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsSculpture, French--19th centuryFranco-Prussian War, 1870-1871Peasants in art

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4. ‘Always Think About It; Never Discuss It’: Imagery and the Idea of Revanche

Richard Thomson

The Troubled Republic: Visual Culture and Social Debate in France, 1889–1900

The war of 1870–1 was a catastrophe for France. In the field her armies were outmanoeuvred, out-generalled and out-fought...

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Richard Thomson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.169-222

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00162.007

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19668&redirecttoanchor=45844

Chapter subject tags:France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871Art and society--France--History--19th centuryPainting, French--19th centuryNationalism in art--France--19th centuryVisual culture--History--France--19th centuryFranco-Russian AllianceSculpture, French--19th centuryFrance--History, Military--19th centuryPrints, French--19th centuryDetaille, Edouard, 1848-1912

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