Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792" by Thomas Couture — Thomas Couture. Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792", ca. 1848–51. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study for "The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792"

by Thomas Couture

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Artist: Thomas Couture (French, Senlis 1815–1879 Villiers-le-Bel)
Date: ca. 1848–51
Medium: Black chalk on gray paper
Dimensions: 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (43.8 x 54cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1960
Accession no.: 60.142.2

Provenance

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