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portrait of a man in a red hat with a pipe in his mouth
Thierry de Maigret

26 - Armand Dumaresq Charles Édouard (1826–1895): Gouache drawing…
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Estimate €500 - €700
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Armand Dumaresq Charles Édouard (1826–1895): Gouache drawing, portrait of Colonel Tramond, depicted in his colonel’s uniform, wearing a red kepi; gilded wooden frame with a passe-partout; 29 x 22.5 cm, frame 53 x 43 cm. Second Empire period. Very good condition. PROVENANCE: former H. D. collection, 1990. Attached to the 75th Line Regiment, TRAMOND saw the start of the Franco-Prussian War; he was wounded in the head at the Battle of Bormy (Moselle) on 14 August1870; as a battalion commander, he was taken prisoner at Metz on 29 October 1870, but managed to escape quickly. In Lille, on 2 November 1870, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Saint-Quentin, which earned him a mention in the report of the Army of the North. As a lieutenant-colonel, he took part in the campaign against the Paris Commune and, in this capacity, was mentioned in the order of the 1st Army Corps in April 1871. Reinstated as a battalion commander in December 1871, he served in North Africa for several months in 1872. From 1879 to 1883, Colonel TRAMOND commanded the 5th, then the 59th Infantry Regiment. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1881; he was promoted to brigadier-general in 1883. He commanded an infantry brigade before being appointed Inspector-General of the Prytané Military Schoolsand, from 1884, of the military schools for soldiers’ children... He was promoted to Major-General on 21 December 1889.
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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