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TROMPETTE TUÉ.

En représentant un de ces accidens si fréquens à la guerre, M. Horace Vernet a su donner à un événement malheureux une teinte sentimentale, qui touche le cœur et lui fait éprouver une véritable émotion.

La scène se passe aux avant-postes, puisqu'on aperçoit dans le fond des vedettes, dont l'une tire un coup de pistolet, ce qui indique assez l'approche d'une troupe ennemie. Un trompette, chargé de porter un ordre, vient d'être frappé d'une balle qui l'a renversé de son cheval, et déjà il est sans mouvement. Son chien fidèle croit pouvoir le secourir, et lèche doucement la plaie de celui dont il ne pourra plus recevoir les caresses. Si le trompette a été frappé loin de son régiment, il a cependant près de lui un compagnon qui paraît vivement ému en voyant inanimé celui dont la voix, qu'il n'entendra plus, l'excitait et le faisait tressaillir. Quelle précaution prend le che val en s'approchant de son maître! quelle inquiétude dans ses oreilles ! quel étonnem ent dans ses yeux!

Ce tableau fait partie du cabinet de Madame, duchesse deBerry. Il a été gravé par Johannot.

Larg., 1 pied 10 pouces ; haut., 1 pied 6 pouces.

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THE DEAD TRUMPETER.

In representing one of those events so frequent in war, Horace Vernet's skill has shed over a painful spectacle a sentimental hue which touches the heart and excites in it a true and natural emotion.

The scene passes at the advanced posts, as in the background appear videttes, one of whom discharges his pistol, which clearly indicates the approach of an enemy's party. A trumpeter, charged to convey an order, has just been struck by a ball which has thrown him from his horse, and he is already motionless. His faithful dog thinks he can afford succour, and licks the wound of him by whom he will never more be caressed. If the trumpeter has fallen at a distance [from his regiment, he has near him however a companion, who seems sensibly touched, on beholding that being inanimate whose voice, which he now hears no more, once excited and roused him. With what precaution the horse approaches his master! what astonishment is exhibited is his eyes! what disquiet in his ears!

This picture belongs to the cabinet of the Duchess of Berry. It has been engraved by Johan not.

Breadth, 2 feet; height, 1 foot 7 inches.