Caption
Standing French soldier, French infantry in the Netherlands in 1795, print, A standing French soldier, pipe in mouth. 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 monochrome line drawing of a standing soldier wearing a broad-brimmed hat with a turned-up side, a long coat with a high collar and a sash across the chest, and laced boots. He holds a long musket with a bayonet attached, one hand near the muzzle and the other supporting the barrel, and a second musket is slung over his shoulder with its butt visible behind him. The soldier has a pipe in his mouth and a sword hanging at his side, and the image shows shaded cross-hatching for clothing folds and shadow beneath his feet.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A96_180
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