Snaffles Print, Wwi Military Print, 'le Poilu'

Vintage First World War One Print, Le Poilu. By Charles Johnson Payne " Snaffles" A good Snaffles WWI military print 'Le Poilu'. The main center image is mounted onto the printed re...

Vintage Snaffles WWI Military Print, The D.R. A good hand coloured Snaffles WWI military print 'The D.R.'. The main center colour-piece image is mounted onto the printed remarque board and shows a despatch rider on a motor cycle racing past two dead riders in the road, a sign saying "Do not loiter here, this spot is DANGEROUS", a wayside shrine with Jesus on the cross and with the caption 'Remarkable close to the old bus...

Vintage Snaffles WWI Military Print, Le 75. A good Snaffles WWI military print 'Le 75', the main center colour-piece hand coloured lithograph is mounted onto the printed remarque boa...

Vintage Snaffles WWI Military Print, Anzac. A good Snaffles WWI military print entitled 'Anzac'. The main center colour-piece image is mounted onto the printed remarque board. The Sn...

The watercolor on paper is monogramed and dated '79. It is framed, matted and glazed. The painting is depicting a Franco-Prussian officer feeding his horse after a watercolor by Jean...

Vintage Illustration of British Soldier on Horse. Frame has Makers Mark on the Backyard. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensio...

PAUL EMILE LÉON PERBOYRE French, 1851-1929 Cuirassiers Sharing Wine with Rural Countryman Oil on canvas signed lower left "Perboyre" Item # 309ULM18A A rich historical painting that captures the heart and reality of the Franco-Prussian conflict, the scene depicts a troop of Cuirassiers stopping for the afternoon in a non-descript field in the French countryside. Presumably the owner of the field, an older man has come out in the heat of the afternoon to greet the soldiers with a basket of wine bottles, offering a glass to the officers while chatting casually with them. Perhaps he is a local guide offering a sense of what the soldiers might expect in the rural countryside, but more likely it is simply a moment of reprieve in the idyllic countryside and a distinct juxtaposition to the intensity and drama of Perboyre's battle scenes. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was the last use of "cuirassiers" in the French army with uniforms characterized by the distinct helmets known as a "casque à crinière" featuring a plume of horsehair. The cuirassiers wore a breastplate (cuirass) and the red trousers were a standard part of the French military uniform...

Impressionist military painting oil painting on panel 19th war field scene signed Gaultier This painting represents a battle scene. A soldier supports the commander with his arm thro...