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A soldier returns and is greeted with great affection by his wife and child. Stipple engraving by L. Darcis after J.B. Isabey.

Edmé Joachim Bourdois de la Motte. Stipple engraving by A. J. Mécou after J. Isabey.

Claude-François Duchanoy. Photograph after Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1798.

Edouard François Marie Bosquillon. Line engraving by A. de St Aubin, 1798, after J. B. Isabey.

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Jean-Baptiste Isabey

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Images by Jean-Baptiste Isabey

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Edouard François Marie Bosquillon. Line engraving by A. de St Aubin, 1798, after J. B. Isabey.

A soldier returns and is greeted with great affection by his wife and child. Stipple engraving by L. Darcis after J.B. Isabey.

Edmé Joachim Bourdois de la Motte. Stipple engraving by A. J. Mécou after J. Isabey.

Claude-François Duchanoy. Photograph after Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1798.