Godefroy Engelmann
Le Champ d'Asile: Romance (The Field of Asylum: Romance)

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Artist Godefroy Engelmann(French, born Alsace, 1788–1839)French, born Alsace, 1788–1839

Artistafter Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)French, 1789–1863

Composer Antoine Romagnési(French, c. 1782–1852)French, c. 1782–1852

CultureFrench

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Le Champ d'Asile: Romance (The Field of Asylum: Romance)

Datec. 1819

Place depictedTexas, United States

PlaceFrance

MediumRecto: Lithograph with hand coloring on laid paper; Verso: Engraving on laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 × 9 3/8 in. (27.9 × 23.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.72.29

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DescriptionThis lithographed sheet music cover resents a greatly romanticized image of a short-lived French Bonapartist refugee venture near present-day Liberty, Texas, in 1818. With the likely goal of joining revolutionary forces in Mexico to place a Bonaparte on the throne, the French filibuster incursion prompted Spanish forces to march from San Antonio to expel them. The incident also helped bring about the Adams-Onís Treaty (1821) that did away with the so-called Neutral Ground between United States and Spanish territory that was left in dispute after the Louisiana Purchase and designated the Sabine River as the western border with Texas.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1972.
Exhibition History"Texas Lithographs," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, March 14–May 18, 1986; San Jacinto Museum, La Porte, Texas, June 5–July 20, 1986; Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, August 7–September 17, 1986.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: Horace Vernet / Le Champ d’ Asile / ROMANCE / Paroles de Mr. A: Naudet / mises en musique avec accompagnement de Piano ou Harpe / par / A. Romagnesi
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Lith. De G: Engelmann.
Verso: Inscribed in printed ink, above plate [sheet music], center: LE CHAMP D’ ASYLE / ROMANCE / Paroles de M. NAUDET / Mises en Musique avec accompt. de Piano ou Harpe / par A. ROMAGNESI / Prix 1f. 80c. / A Paris, chez BRESSLER, Md. de Musique rue de la paix No. 24.

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