Bouchot, F. (after) "Funérailles de Marceau"

After F. Bouchot. "Funérailles de Marceau."

Paris: F Dubreuil ca. 1860. 20 x 30 (image) plus margins. Mezzotint. Very good condition.

François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars. Born in Chartres in 1769, Marceau enlisted in the French Army at age 16. While in Paris, he participated in the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. Resigning from the Army, he joined the National Guard and was eventually promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of a French Revolutionary Army battalion. In 1793, Marceau distinguished himself in battle against the Royalist forces by rescuing an important Revolutionary representative. He was promoted through the ranks after winning several victories and reached the rank of General of the Division upon his death in 1796, when he was wounded in battle during the unsuccessful invasion of Germany. His ashes were eventually interred in the Pantheon in Paris in 1889.