JEAN-URBAIN GUERIN (1761-1836) General Louis-Gabriel... - Lot 120 - Osenat

JEAN-URBAIN GUERIN (1761-1836) General Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albufera (Lyon 1770 - 1826) Titled "Gal Suchet" Black pencil drawing with white shading. Oval view : H. 20 x 16 cm Passes everywhere : H. 33,5 x 24.5 cm Louis Gabriel SUCHET, duke of Albufera and marshal of the Empire, born on March 2, 1770 in Lyon and died on January 3, 1826 in Marseille. He began his career in 1791 by joining the National Guard. He became a major general in 1799, and the Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honor on February 8, 1806. He was promoted to Marshal of the Empire by Napoleon in 1811 Related works: OSENAT, Jean-Urbain GUERIN (Strasbourg, 1760 - Obernai 1836), Buonaparte, no. 86, June 15, 2014, & Jean-Urbain Guerin (Strasbourg, 1760 - Obernai 1836) Mirabeau, no. 195 and Kleber, no. 196, July 1, 2018.