La Retraite après Charleroi...

Auguste Louis Lepère

Cleveland Museum of Art

Framed artwork with five sketches and illustrations. Top row: Two pencil sketches side by side. The left sketch: A man in a hat and carrying a large backpack, holding a long object, possibly a rifle or shovel. The right sketch: A similar man with a backpack and hat, with a more detailed background of other people. Bottom row: Three more detailed illustrations in black, gray, and white. Left illustration: A man with a backpack and hat, holding a long object with one hand and supporting himself on it with the other, amidst a crowd and smoke or explosions in the background. Center illustration: A man with his face obscured, holding a long object. Right illustration: A man with a backpack and hat similar to the left one, holding a long object with one hand and supporting himself on it with the other, amidst a crowd and smoke or explosions in the background. The illustrations are set against a greenish-gray background with a thin black border.