infantry of the Line
Grenadiers
THE UNIFORMS OF THE
FRENCH ARMY
1660-1850
1674 1750 1786 1794 1810 1830-40
infantry of the Line
Chasseurs & Voltigeurs
1685-94 1800-15 1816-20 1818-20 1816-30 1830-42
1680 1750 1789-94 1809 1830 1840
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1680 1750 1789-94 1804 1812-25 1840
Cavalry
Chasseurs (Light Cavalry)
1700 1750 1789 1810 1824 1840
1745 1785 1794 1810 1824 1840
1680 1760 1794 1810 1824 1840
1743 1804 1804 1842 1824 1840
This is a series published in 1845 by Charles Vernier, Aubert & Co, Paris
It was titled "Costumes de L'Armee Francaise depuis LouisXIV Jusqua Nos Jours" Some of the prints were republished in Tradition Magazine in the 1970s. The plates in a bound volume belonged to the late Lt. Col J.B.R. Nicholson, who purchased the volume after WW2.
There were originally 66 plates but Nicholson only possessed 22.
1674-1715 1740 1785 1795 1810 1814-1830