Musicians of the French Imperial Guard cavalry, 1812. Kettledrummer of the 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers and trumpeter of the Horse Chasseurs. Timbalier de Chevau-Legers Polonais, Trompette des Chasseurs a cheval, Garde Imperiale 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Pierre Verdeil after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.
Musicians of the French Imperial Guard cavalry, 1812. Kettledrummer of the 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers and trumpeter of the Horse Chasseurs. Timbalier de Chevau-Legers Polonais, Trompette des Chasseurs a cheval, Garde Imperiale 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Pierre Verdeil after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.