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Elizabeth Southerden (1846-1933) dragoon Rgt outside Saint-Malo door (Dinan) Britanny , France
Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, later Lady Butler is arguably the greatest British military painter of the nineteenth-century, who in her own words 'never painted for the glory of war, but to portray its pathos and heroism'. She was born in Switzerland and trained at the South Kensington Schools in London and in Florence at the Accademia di Belle Arti. She initially focused on religious subjects but was inspired by the work of Jean Louis Meissonier, in Paris in 1870, to paint battle scenes. The Roll Call, depicting the courage and endurance of Grenadier Guards mustering after an engagement during the Crimean War, gained critical and popular success when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874. It was fêted by the Royal Family, and her patron Mr Galloway, who had commissioned it, was obliged to surrender the painting to Queen Victoria, where it remains in the Royal Collection.In 1877 she married Colonel William Butler and travelled to the far reaches of the Empire. When her husband, recently honoured with a knighthood and promoted to Brigadier General, was invalided home from his post at Wadi Halfa in 1886, they settled near Dinan in Brittany where To the Front was painted. It is set during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1) and depicts the French Dragoons heading to the front through the Porte St Malo in Dinan. It is unusual in the artist's oeuvre in its French subject matter and in the inclusion of women and children. Members of the Butler family and household are depicted in the crowd, and the woman in the lower-left corner waving a handkerchief is a self-portrait. Next to her is her daughter Elizabeth, and the two small boys further along the row are her sons Patrick and Richard. The picture was completed at the family's home in Wicklow, Ireland. Following her husband's knighthood in 1886 this was the first work she exhibited at the Royal Academy as Lady Butler. Il s'agit du 24e régiment de Dragons. Cette artiste a vécu aux Réhories à Dinan. Diane Monier Moore parle de ce tableau dans son livre " Dinan the English colony 1800 1940 Dinan la colonie anglais" pages 413 414 415.
Sunset on Fresnay Bay (Armor coast, 22)
Coucher de soleil dans la baie de la Fresnay (22)
kuzh-heol ( Aodoù an Arvor) : kousked : pa vez aet an heol da guzh !
Piton de la Fournaise (Ile de la Réunion)
Fournaise Volcano (Reunion Island)
Artist SAB
Armistice : 11 /11 (Novembre) 1918 à 11 H !!!
Adrian helmet of Health Service , surgery case and French first aid pouches (WWI)
Casque Adrian Service de Santé, pochette de chirurgien, pansements de Premier Secours , Manuel de Médecin Auxiliaire (1914-1918) !
Rolling stones on the Channel (Britanny in France)
Cale de Canevez (St Cast le Guildo)
Guildo Castle
Guildo schloss
Château du Guildo (22)
Kastell Guildo (Aodoù an Arvor)
French living with Yamaha Piano and a jack’s Russell at home !!!!!!
End of colors added by the artist SAB !!!!!
Cap d’Erquy (22)
Kab Erge (Breizh) : Erge-ar-Mor, Erge-Bentevr.
Erge-ar-Mor, Erge-Bentevr
Saintin, dans « L'Anse d'Erquy », montre l'éclat du matin sur une crique de grès rose, totalement déserte à l'exception d'une pêcheuse de crevettes qui arpente l'estran après le retrait de la mer.
Ur bezhiner zo bet livet gant Beaufrère e-barzh unan eus an traezhennoù gwasked-se.
C'est la commune d'Erquy (Côtes d' Armor) qui accueillera cette année la fête de la coquille Saint-Jacques, les 6 et 7 avril prochains.
Aozet e vez ar gouel-se gant tri forzh-mor a-bep-eil.
80eme anniversaire des combats de Bir Hakeim qui se sont déroulés du 27 Mai au 11 Juin 1942 par la 1ère Brigade Française Indépendante commandée par le Général de Brigade Koenig (Légion Étrangère) !
Belgian shepherd : bronze sculpture by René Paul Marquet
Berger Belge : sculpture en bronze de René Paul Marquet
terra cota color : artcraft Bag : Hand made !
On an camo. anorak Super Dry !!!!!!
Artisanat d’Art : filet à provisions, couleur terra cota , fait à la main
The queen : the Rose probably Meilland production !!
« Aux Pelotes d’Or » Médaille d’or exposition internationale de Paris : fil à coudre de Lin noir !!!
WW1 Sewing kit !!!!
French soldiers (XVIIIE Century) !!!
Franzosischen soldaten (XVIII Jahrhundert) !!!
Sun Rising in Britanny !!!!!
Sav an heol e breizh !!!!!
Sonnenaufgang !!!!!!
By the artist SAB !!
Oil ,pastel,ink !
La Colonne sous l’orage !!!!
Ar Peul
Saint Cast battle Column (1758 battle )
Ukrainienne par artiste SAB !!!!!
Schwarze Schokolade !
Black chocolate !
Chocolat noir !
togoù-touseg du / chokolad du !
Old Union Jack of Great Britain : WWI and WWII !
God bless The Queen !!!!!
Clematis in the garden during the spring !!!!!!!
Clématite au jardin apparue au Printemps !!!!!
Mystérieuse Bretagne !!!!
Mysterieuse Britanny !!!!!
Kevrinus Breizh !!!!!!
Prince of Wales cap badges
Ich dienst
Je sers
I’m on duty
J80 are waiting next season in Brittany !
(Channel coast)
Bloavezh mat 2022 d’an holl !
Bonne Année 2022 à tous !!!
Ein glücklisches neues Jahr 2022 für alle !!
Happy New Year 2022 to all !!!!
2021 End of year in North Brittany in the channel !