Caption:
Uniform of an officer of the Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard, Napoleon's army. Red cahouk (hat) with brass crescent and star, white turban, green embroidered coat, red saroual (trousers) armed with scimitar and pistols. Officier de Mameluck's, ex-Garde. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.