| The Last Cartridges | |
| Artist: | Alphonse de Neuville |
| Year: | 1873 |
| Type: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 280 |
| Width Metric: | 420 |
| Height Imperial: | 109 |
| Width Imperial: | 165 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Bazeilles |
| Museum: | Maison de la dernière cartouche |
The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Alphonse de Neuville, from 1873.[1]
It recreates an incident of the Franco-Prussian War, when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan. The fighting at Bazeilles was celebrated by the French nation as a moral victory amidst an otherwise catastrophic defeat.