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Lot n° 45

L. Jolly,

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watercolor drawing, signed lower left: A group of soldiers of the royal army, circa 1780, from left to right: a light horseman, a gendarme of the guard, an officer of the 9th regiment of Navarre infantry, two bodyguards and an officer of the royal German, cavalry; in the background a forest and a castle in height; nice gilded frame; 19,5 x 14 cm. First half of the XIXth century. Very good condition. L. JOLLY, it is probably Ferdinand-Louis JOLLY, painter of military subjects, officer of the chasseurs d'Afrique, born in Charonne (Seine) in 1801, † in 1861. Knight of the Legion of Honor. The museum of Dijon keeps two of his watercolors.