The Spy, 1880, Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 84 in. (130. 2 x 213. 4 cm), Paintings, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (French, Saint-Omer 1835?1885 Paris), The Spy was exhibited at the Salon of 1881 where it was titled The Dispatch Bearer. As de Neuville explained in the exhibition catalogue, this painting depicts an incident from the Franco-Prussian War, 1870?71