Fort-Desaix (Merchant Expedition), Alphonse Osbert, 1900

The work depicts the locality of fort-desaix where fort desaix was established in 1898, located in south sudan, near the town of wau, in the state of western bahr el ghazal. In the background, the souhé (or soué) river. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: 1900. Dimensions: height: 48 cm (18.8 in) ; width: 81 cm (31.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Musée d'Orsay. « Fort-Desaix » ou « Fort-Desaix (Expédition Marchand) » ou « Huttes au bord de l'eau » Par Alphonse Osbert . 1900