Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 578 x 466 mm. (22 3/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
Plate: 507 x 400 mm. (19 15/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Image: 453 x 386 mm. (17 13/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.808
Subject based on the rescue of a woman from two bandits by barrack master ("maréchal de logis") Louis Gillet in 1783
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Gravé par J.G. Wille Graveur du Roi..."; LWRC: "Le Maréchal des Logis / Dédié à Sa Majesté Frédéric Guilaume II..."; BR: "d'après le Tableau par Pierre Alexandre Wille Son Fils Peintre du Roi". Verso: BL: Garrett stamp.
Markings: Garrett collector's stamp.
