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Emile Bayard: French Soldier - Émile Antoine Bayard (French, 1837 - 1891): French Soldier. Watercolor and charcoal on paper, signed in pencil below, professionally framed and matted. Emile-Antoine Bayard was a French illustrator, a student of Leon Cogniet, he is best known by many for his illustration of Cosette from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. 18 x 14.5 inches framed; 10.25 x 7 inches sight. Private collection, Madison, Wisconsin.