Caption
Maréchaussées, on foot, in large and small uniforms, print, Two Dutch military police on foot, in large and small uniforms. Plate 41. Uniform representation in 'Description of the Royal Dutch Troops' by JF Teupken, 1823., printmaker: Abraham Lion Zeelander, Netherlands, after drawing by Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, publisher: Jan Frederik Teupken, publisher: Gebroeders van Cleef, printer (person): Giunta d'Albani, Gebroeders, The Hague, 1823, Abraham Lion Zeelander, Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, Jan Frederik Teupken, Gebroeders van Cleef, Giunta d'Albani, printer (person), paper, etching, engraving, hand coloring, etching and engraving, hand colored, height 300 mm x width 205 mm, (military) uniforms, uniform, military police, Period, 1820 - 1823, Two uniformed soldiers stand side by side, one facing forward and the other showing his back, both wearing tall bicorn hats with white plumes and dark coats with bright blue collars; white cross-belts cross their chests and fringe-shoulder epaulettes sit atop their shoulders, and each holds a long musket with a fixed bayonet. The front-facing soldier wears white trousers and black gaiters over his lower legs, white gloves, and a light blue waistcoat visible beneath his coat, while the rear-facing soldier wears darker trousers and carries a black rectangular pouch at his hip along with a sheathed sword and a strap with decorative tassels. The ground beneath them shows textured grass and soil, and the background is a plain light field.
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