EUGÈNE MARIOTON (French 1854-1933) A BRONZE FIGURAL SCULPTURE, "French Line Infantry Soldier," cast with a nicely detailed alert expression and striding with bayonet mounted rifle in a ready position, while wearing the uniform and field gear of a Franco-Prussian War era (1870-1871) line infantry soldier, on a square form base signed on the side "E. Marioton," height: 28", width: 13", depth: 7"; on a later circular Verde Antico marble plinth, height: 30".

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