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The Shades of French Soldiers from the Past Exhort the Army to Victory on the Rhine
c. 1870
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- brush and brown ink, black watercolor, and white gouache over graphite on wove paper, laid down on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 65.5 x 91 cm (25 13/16 x 35 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2006.62.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Gustave Doré. The Shades of French Soldiers from the Past Exhort the Army to Victory on the Rhine. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Shades of French Soldiers from the Past Exhort the Army to Victory on the Rhine — Gustave Doré. c. 1870.
Medium: brush and brown ink, black watercolor, and white gouache over graphite on wove paper, laid down on heavy paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 65.5 x 91 cm (25 13/16 x 35 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2006.62.1. Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.