Caption
Standing French soldier, French infantry in the Netherlands in 1795, print, A standing French soldier, facing left. Part of a series of fifteen plates of French infantry, mainly soldiers and a few officers, in irregular uniform or clothing, as it arrived in the Republic in 1795., printmaker: August Christian Hauck, Northern Netherlands, printmaker: Cornelis Bakker, 1795, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 155 mm x width 105 mm, These plates belong to a larger group of which the Atlas van Stolk also has a part (colored)., clothes, costume, (military) uniforms (infantry), French period, infantry, Period, A detailed sepia-toned line drawing of a standing soldier shown in profile facing left, wearing a wide-brimmed tricorne hat and a long coat with a high collar, his arms folded across his chest as a long musket rests on his shoulder and extends upward behind his head, a sheathed sword hangs at his side with a curved hilt visible and a satchel or pouch strapped to his back, his legs are clad in breeches and buttoned gaiters, simple shoes on his feet cast a faint shadow on the ground, the background is plain and lightly textured.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A96_179
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