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Les dernières cartouches

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Original - The Battle of Bazeilles, in the Franco-Prussian War, was a crushing defeat for the French. To give the rest of the army time to escape, a small group holed up in the last house along the road to Sedan, and fought to the last bullets trying to buy the others time. This 1873 painting, Les dernières cartouches [The last bullets], by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville depicts this scene.

Reason

One of the most famous paintings depicting the Franco-Prussian war. Iconic in France.

Articles in which this image appears

Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, Battle of Bazeilles, Francs-tireurs, Blue Division (Second French Empire)

FP category for this image

Probably WP:Featured pictures/History/War, though a case could certainly be made for art.

Creator

Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:26, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
• Comment: It's very sharp, and a lovely picture (it's also clear we've got the whole thing). I wonder about the dimensions, though? J Milburn (talk) 15:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
• Support I was tempted to nominate this. I think this is the one that has the most EV on that article, showing the urban guerilla/sniper warfare that would later be repeated at the Battle of Stalingrad and civil wars the world over. In this case, the civilian population paid heavily after the French forces withdrew, for allowing them to ambush from their (civilian) homes. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 15:57, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
  • To be fair, this one didn't exist when I prepared the other - we just had a horribly bad, low-res copy (now universally replaced and deleted), with inaccurate colours and no detail able to be made out. Not so useful! =) I still think both this and the other are valuable, though, as they show very different parts of the battle - roughly the beginning and end. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
• Support Good artwork. Decent scan. Very interesting image of soldiers holed up in a shelled house. Interesting, historical subject. Eye-catching. I wish this image was lighter but I don’t know if this scan is honestly representing the darkness of the actual artwork (which would be fine), or if this scan is a bit darker than the actual artwork (which would be unfortunate). Greg L (talk) 16:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Since this was taken from the museum situated in the house where this happened, I'm presuming it's right. The lighting makes sense given the windows being barricaded up. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:26, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
    • That was exactly my take. But there was no way to be certain. Either way, it’s fine with me. Greg L (talk) 17:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
• Bugger it, support. I'm leaning towards it having the most EV in the artist's article, but I don't mind either way. J Milburn (talk) 19:26, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
• Support - fine painting --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:45, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
• Support - Meets criteria. Sasata (talk) 17:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville - Les dernières cartouches (1873).jpg --I'ḏ♥One 03:09, 5 September 2010 (UTC)