Title

Fantasy uniform and armament for female grenadier, 1831. Creator: E. Morisseau.

Caption

Fantasy uniform and armament for female grenadier, 1831. 'Compatriotes 1ière Légion. Grenadier au grande tenue / Ce corps est spécialement affecté au service de nuit, il le fera conjointment avec la Garde Nationale'. (Compatriots of the first Legion, Grenadier in full dress / This Corps is especially used in the evenings [ie as prostitutes], they will do it jointly with the National Guard). Woman with rifle and bayonet, in blue dress and hat with plumes. In the background she meets a male soldier.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A87_255

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38,6Mb (1,8Mb) / 10,4in x 14,4in / 3122 x 4320 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe female gloves glove women woman people job arts art occupation clothes weapon weapons gun guns museum Netherlands Dutch color humour uniform dress military war century drawing profession sleeves sleeve soldier clothing rifle concept bayonet grenadier APPAREL full length prostitute full-length watercolour prostitution warfare Colour 19th century weaponry nineteenth century prostitutes misogyny Rijksmuseum TGN satire Sex worker paper misogynist Heritage Art Drawing misogynistic sex workers Low Countries 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing watercolour (paint) E. Morisseau Morisseau E.