A Soldier (study for The Enrollment of the Volunteers of 1792)

Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879)

Medium/TechniqueOil on panel

Dimensions46.0 x 36.5 cm (18 1/8 x 14 3/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow

Accession number23.462

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ClassificationsPaintings

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ProvenanceBy 1892, Ferdinand Barbédienne (?), Paris, France; sold by Barbédienne at Tual, Duchesne, Paris, June 2, 1892 (?) [see note 1]. By 1893, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (b. 1845 - d. 1921), Boston (possibly purchased at Barbédienne sale); 1923, bequeathed by Longfellow to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] MFA notes say lot 57, but dimensions and description do not match