Soldier of the 1st Light Cavalry (Polish) regiment, French Imperial Guard, resting with his horse in a stable. In shako, blue coat and trousers trimmed with yellow, white epaulettes, armed with sabre and lance. Horse in mouton shabrack. Chevau-Legers (Polonais), 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.
Soldier of the 1st Light Cavalry (Polish) regiment, French Imperial Guard, resting with his horse in a stable. In shako, blue coat and trousers trimmed with yellow, white epaulettes, armed with sabre and lance. Horse in mouton shabrack. Chevau-Legers (Polonais), 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.