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Title
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Room in which Gambetta died
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Artist
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Dorothy Tennant
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Type
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Oil on canvas
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Size (HxW, mm)
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375 x 460
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Lent By
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the artist
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Catalog Number
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44
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Catalog Page
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7
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Catalog Description
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Gambetta died in his villa, near Paris, at midnight, on Tuesday, December 31st, 1882. At the Palais Bourbon, his official residence as President of the Chamber, Gambetta had lived in much splendour, for he believed in the importance of surrounding the highest officers, even of a democracy, with state and maginificence; but this picture shows how small and unpretending was the private house of the greatest man in France. Across the bed is a tri-colour, the national flag of France, in which the body was afterwards wrapped--a fitting shroud for a man who loved his country.
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Curators Notes
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Painting is by Denizard not by Dorothy Tennant but possibly copied it? 'La chambre mortuaire de Gambetta, dans sa villa des Jardies, à Ville-d'Avray, janvier 1883,' by Denizard from Paris Musees Collections
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Alt-Text
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A small, dimly lit bedroom with a messy bed, wooden chair, cluttered desk, and wallpapered walls adorned with framed portraits and papers. The room appears untidy, with objects scattered on the floor and furniture.
