Caption
Marie Chamand, Comtesse de Lavalette (1781-1855), woman of the Comte de Lavalette, French politician and Napoleonic general, and niece of Josephine Beauharnais. In 1815, she saved her man's life by swapping clothes with him, thus enabling him to escape from prison shortly in front of he was to be executed as part of the second Bourbon Restoration. Dot engraving from History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution... by CH Gifford (London, 1817), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
Date
Aug 02, 2024
Credit line
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK24E47_197
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
36,9Mb (3,1Mb) / 10,7in x 13,3in / 3222 x 4000 (300dpi)