Les dernières cartouches 

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Les dernières cartouches

Lijst 17 x 13.5 cm

Lijst met prent van afbeelding sigarettenomslag achter glas. Sigarettenpapier omslag. Bron: http://www.paurolhom.be/Les_Dernieres_Cartouche_foto8.JPG In the advertising department of the tobacco-museum of Wervik, in cupboard 27, one can find a booklet of cigarette-papers called ‘les dernières cartouches’. On the cover one can see a colored reproduction of a war scene. Close to this paper, between cupboards 21 and 22, there is an illustrated plate (40 x 63 cm.) made of terra-cotta, which represents the same scene. These are two representations of a famous work of the French painter Alphonse de Neuville (Sint-Omer 1835 - Paris 1885). This painting renders his interpretation of a war scene which took place in Bazeilles (near Sedan) during the French-Prussian War. The French-Prussian War (1870-1871) [1] The cause for this war has to be found in the Prussian Prime minister Otto von Bismarck’s intention to successfully complete the German unity in favor of the Kingdom of Prussia and its king Willem I. After the war for the duchies Sleeswijk, Holstein and Lauenburg (1864), the war against Austria (1866) and the founding of the North-German confederation (1867), the unity of Germany was almost complete. In order to unify Germany completely, only the southern duchies, who strongly disliked Prussia, had to be persuaded to join the confederation. Bismarck tried to stir up hatred among the southern German people towards France and its ruler, Napoleon III. Prent: 10 cm x 7 cm