The Last Cartridges (painting)

The Last Cartridges
ArtistAlphonse de Neuville
Year1873
TypeOil on canvas
Dimensions280 cm × 420 cm (109 in × 165 in)
LocationMaison de la dernière cartouche, Bazeilles

The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Alphonse de Neuville, from 1873.[1]

It recreates an incident of the Franco-Prussian War, when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan. The fighting at Bazeilles was celebrated by the French nation as a moral victory amidst an otherwise catastrophic defeat.

  1. ^ Thomson p. 165.