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Troyon

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[trwa-yawn] / trwaˈjɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Constant 1813–65, French painter.


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In real truth there were four distinct but synchronous battles taking place that day along our front, viz., at Troyon, Verneuil, Soupir and Chivres.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton

Dense woodlands lay between Troyon and the position which the First Corps now held.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott

To the north of Troyon are steep wooded slopes, and to the west is an undulating and densely-wooded country, rising towards high hills.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott

Constant Troyon, 1810-1865 Troyon, a member of the Barbizon group, was fascinated by the pastoral aspect of cattle in landscapes.

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Joseph Breck

When Constant Troyon was a little boy he used to love to go to visit his father at the big factory where all kinds of china and pottery were made.

From Stories Pictures Tell Book Two by Flora L. Carpenter

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