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69 5567 Rochefort E von 19th cent 69/5567 Rochefort, E. von (19th cent.). "Sturm auf die Schützengräben vor der Grivicka redoute bei Plevna Durch die Russen am 11.Sept. 77." Watercolour, 28,5x38,8 cm., "Plevna 31/ 8/ 77" in red brush in lower left corner, signed "Emil von Rochefort" and titled in pencil on verso. Idem. "Rückeroberung der von General Skobeleff am 11.Sept. 77. genommenen Schanzen[?] durch den türkischen Truppen am 12.Sept. 77". Watercolour, 29,2x46,6 cm., "Plevna 31/8/77" in red brush in lower right corner, signed "Emil von Rochefort" and titled in pencil on verso. - Remains of glue on verso in corners from former tipping in. Otherwise fine. = Very vivid and dynamic watercolours of the battle between the joint armies of Russia and Romania and the Turkish army. The Ottoman-Russian war of 1877 was the last of a long series of conflicts between Russia and Turkey. Nothing could be traced on the artist. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVII.