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François Pils

Illustration — Image of François Pils François Pils (1785–1867) was a French soldier and painter. Grenadier Pils served on the staff of Marshal Oudinot as his batman and emergency medic (1804–1814) during which time he made many sketches and drawings of the Napoleonic Wars, especially the War of the Fifth Coalition and the Russian campaign, which form one of the rare contemporary pictures of Napoleonic warfare. Pils’ work was later grouped and published in annotated bookform.

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François Pils

The surgeon Capiomont stitching the ear of general Oudinot at the battle of Wagram, 1809. Watercolour by F. Pils., by François Pils

François Pils · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark

Born
1785
Died
1867

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Illustration — Image of François Pils François Pils (1785–1867) was a French soldier and painter. Grenadier Pils served on the staff of Marshal Oudinot as his batman and emergency medic (1804–1814) during which time he made many sketches and drawings of the Napoleonic Wars, especially the War of the Fifth Coalition and the Russian campaign, which form one of the rare contemporary pictures of Napoleonic warfare. Pils’ work was later grouped and published in annotated bookform.

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