Caption:
Uniform of the Horse Artillery, French Imperial Guard. In fur Busby, hussar-like blue coat with red frogging, blue breeches and black boots, sabretache with imperial eagle. Armed with sabre. Artillerie a cheval, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured woodcut by Prosper Adolphe Leon Cherrier after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.