French minister in formal costume, Napoleonic era, First Empire, 1806. In bicorne with plumes, blue cape and coat with gold embroidery, red sash, white belt, breeches, buckle shoes, gold-hilt sword. Grand Costume des Ministres. 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.
French minister in formal costume, Napoleonic era, First Empire, 1806. In bicorne with plumes, blue cape and coat with gold embroidery, red sash, white belt, breeches, buckle shoes, gold-hilt sword. Grand Costume des Ministres. 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.