Joseph Claude Pomel
Champ d'Asile (The Field of Asylum)

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Champ d'Asile (The Field of Asylum)
Datec. 1818
Printed inFrance
MediumEngraving and aquatint with watercolor hand coloring
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (18.7 × 27 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (25.7 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2007.14
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Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis engraving presents 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.
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, left: Chasselat Del.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center: CHAMP D'ASILE. / Puisse le champ d'Asile, cette creation d’une origine pure et sans tache ; cette retraite don’t l’institution le but et le nom rappellent les asilies / anciens; cette celenie du Texas fender par des heros matheureux , s’accreitre et S’embellie par la prespérité et ne plus se recuter par la proscription! / puisse la plus heroïque dej resignations ne pas étre épreuvée par de noureaux reveis, par de nouvelles tempêtes! tel est le vɶu de toutes les âmes nobles / et généreuses de tous les pays ; et ce vɶu, u’eu doutens pas, sera exauce. (Extrait du tableau topographique du Texas et du Tombechbé.)
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right: Pomel Sculp.

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