Caption
Bengali Lancer, on horseback, idem, Troops in the East Indies, print, A Bengal lancer in full dress. Foreign troops in Dutch service in the East Indies. Plate 46. Uniform representation in 'Description of the Royal Dutch Troops' by JF Teupken, 1823., printmaker: Joannes Bemme, Netherlands, after drawing by J. en VH, publisher: Jan Frederik Teupken, publisher: Gebroeders van Cleef, printer (person): Giunta d'Albani, Gebroeders, The Hague, 1823, Joannes Bemme, J. en VH, Jan Frederik Teupken, Gebroeders van Cleef, Giunta d'Albani, printer (person), J. and VH, paper, etching, engraving, hand coloring, etching and engraving, hand colored, height 300 mm x width 205 mm, (military) uniforms, uniform, lancers, Dutch East Indies, The, Period, 1820 - 1823, A dark-skinned man in a red and white ornate uniform sits astride a rearing black horse; he wears a red hat with yellow trim and a long white feather, a red coat with gold trim over white sleeves, white trousers, and black gloves, and he holds a long lance with ribbons trailing from its end while a sword hangs at his side; the horse has a bridle and saddlecloth edged in yellow with a red roundel and decorative embroidery, and the scene shows the horse lifting its front legs above a patch of grassy ground against a plain light background.
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LZT26A75_283
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