"Battle of Regensburg 23 April 1809" Topic

Hello everyone,

In my late night research I found a great blog that is dedicated to the siege of Regensburg (Ratisbonne) on 23 April 1809. It is in German, but can be easily translated. The painitngs are also great and shows sketches and maps from the time period. He also has books that can be found on goolge play books for further reading. I am attaching a painting by Albrecht Adam and a portion of Charles Thevenin's painting of Marshal Lannes attack on Regensburg. The blog has much better close ups of the second painting. link

Excellent link – thanks.

From Carnets de La Sabretach year 1909. Reveue Militarie retrospective
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Letter of Georges-Geoffroy Eissen, Adj.Major 65e Ligne 1809

Portrait of a Voltigeur officer from the 65e Ligne.

very nice – in the blog there are indeed plenty of very interesting pictures.

>>I am attaching a painting by Albrecht Adam…

Nice Mike- I've never seen that painting before in b&w (ie engravings) or colour!
Very good to see a Carabinier, not usually shown in 'his' presence; detailed rear view of a grenadier, sans plumage; a Grenadier á cheval on the ground etc.
And who I can only presume to be GDV Duroc behind him- the only non-Marshal I've seen wear a small white feather brush to his bicornes. (mareschal du palais).
cheers d

Great post. There must so many Napoleonic images around that have yet to be seen or become available.

Dave,

I believe the horseman on the far left is a Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde impériale with his aigulette on his left arm. Adam's painting can be found online in multiple sketches and even shows a view of the Grenadiers a pied in a more naive painting.

Gazzola,

I agree we are still finding new things everyday. Sometimes I just type in random words in the search engine and go on a search for hours. I believe a lot of portraits are in private collections and not available yet.

Dave,

Well, I was wrong. Not a draft or naive painting, but seems a different placement of the soldiers. Interesting that the first painting shows an officier d'ordonnance in light blue on the far right and green in the second painting on the left.

Hi Mike,

Well you are right of course.
I commented about a C. and got it wrong looking only at the small pic online. Completely missed the caps peak and aiguillette as you say.

I'd not give the second print a second look! Recoloured or copied and appears a composite of multiple paintings, not the same painting at all. Same subject, materially different.

Seems like an Italian or Russian copy, and my they make a mess. The Gendarme has moved, the Grenadier no longer put a hand on a prisoner, the dead hussar has moved, Guard Dragoons now present instaed of staff; the Grenadiers seem to come from the Wagram painting?
d

Interesting observation yes officier d'Ordonnance in green, they did wear green uniforms till 1809, Detail gets this also often wrong showing them in blue already in 1806.

Dave,

I agree he does look like a Carabinier when viewing on the phone. I could not find any information on where the second painting came from, but I see what you mean about the Grenadiers and the Wagram painting. Also, take a look at this painting of the Battle of Ostronwno in 1812. See the NCo next to the cannon guarding Russian prisoners? He is the exact same person seen in the second painting on Regensburg next to the Austrian prisoner on the left.
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I believe Albrecht Adam was commissioned to paint battles for Prince Eugene de Beauharnais?

Color photo of the black and white painting from La Sabretache. I must admit, the black and white photo seems easier to distinguish the buildings and soldiers.

Indeed, always appreciated the coverage of his drawings in Otto von P. '1812' book.
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I just found that Tango posted this blog five years ago! Somehow I missed it.