Meissonier, his life and his art . IEN SKETCHES FoK The Sic^e of Fans. Prince de Wagram ; the third is General Comte de Flahaut, HisMajestys orderly officer. Behind Ney is General Drouot. Theofficer who dozes on his horse, spent with fatigue, is not a portrait. HIS WORKS 257 How often one picks up some interesting and precious piece ofinformation by mere chance; ! I happened to travel in the samerailway carriage one day with a medical officer, who talked to meof the battle of Leipzig, at which he had been present ; and toldme of the straw, and even shavings they had to use for lint. Hehad serv
Meissonier, his life and his art . IEN SKETCHES FoK The Sic^e of Fans. Prince de Wagram ; the third is General Comte de Flahaut, HisMajestys orderly officer. Behind Ney is General Drouot. Theofficer who dozes on his horse, spent with fatigue, is not a portrait. HIS WORKS 257 How often one picks up some interesting and precious piece ofinformation by mere chance; ! I happened to travel in the samerailway carriage one day with a medical officer, who talked to meof the battle of Leipzig, at which he had been present ; and toldme of the straw, and even shavings they had to use for lint. Hehad served in Marshal Neys corps. I see him still, he said ; the sleeves of his overcoat hung empty, for he never put his armsthrough them, and the plumes of his hat were always dirty. When. PEN SKKTCH. FIRST IDEA OF THE .S/V^t of Pafis. I came home I sketched my Marshal Ney for 1814 with thischaracteristic detail. There are, indeed, many things of this sort that I alone knownow, and some are highly interesting. Often a Generals servant isa more amusing person to question on certain points than the Generalhimself. When I made the sketch for iSi^, I was thinking of Napoleonreturning from Soissons with his staff, after the battle of Laon. Atthe time I had another picture sketched out, a poet reading hisverses to some friends and two women. I, I, 4S8 MEISSONIER I like to ff;(;l perfectly free as rey^ards my sketches. I will notbind myself to finish them, if I find it impossible to get a good result,or if I feel that the picture would not be satisfactory. I wouldrather die than give up the idea of carrying out certain picturesI have in my mind. It was while my house was occupied by the Prussians, that Ishut myself up in my studio, and painted the sketch for the S/coc ofParis.
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