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20 - Henri GIRAULT de NOLHAC (1884–1948)
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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Henri GIRAULT de NOLHAC (1884–1948) A significant album of captioned sketches from the First World War (1914–18) (mainly from 1915 and 1916), comprising 175 drawings and 63 watercolours depicting the war of 1914–18, including in particular: Portraits (Marcel Ragé, Fernand Barois), Noeud mines, telephone post at the foot of the valley, the Battle of the Somme 1915, Béthune 1915 (dairy), devastated houses in Maricourt (Somme 1916), military uniforms, Scottish kilts, Trench 2 at Hersin on 12 August 1915, the balloon camp at Brassier Delafon 2, soldiers taking a break in the rain in Artois 1915, Sapper in Béthune in 1915, British 74mm gun in Béthune in 1915, the Abbé de Chagnol in front of the dugout in Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, 1916, the Caterpillar, balloons over the Somme on 2 July 1916 (22x28cm), the evening of the attack on the road from Montauban to Maricourt in the Somme in 1916, Suzanne under shellfire 24 July 1916, Vierzy, Reims Forest; Bois de Leuze, Somme, 2 November 1916; a British corpse at Matty-Horn Farm, Somme, 13 October 1916; the telephone exchange at Suzanne; an abandoned British tank following the capture of Combles; a full-length portrait of Marshal Joffre (17 x 11 cm), the vaccination campaign in Hersin, February 1916, the telephone van, the church at Chatelbraoult near Vitry-le-François in 1918, Pauvres, 21 October 1918; a German 150 mm gun abandoned during the retreat; a 155 mm Fillioux gun; scenes from the trenches. One of the watercolours is monogrammed in the bottom right-hand corner: HN Various sizes: the largest being 22x28 cm. Presented in an Italian-style book. Condition: 5 drawings are torn, 2 have numerous foxing spots, 4 have scattered foxing spots. Wear to the book binding.
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About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY
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Auction time 11/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 10/15/2026 at 7:55 PM
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