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Infanterie légère française. Voltigeur [print].

Accession number
PML 140273.27
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut, Bould. des Italiens, No. 5, [1822]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Date from La Combe.
Companion piece to Charlet's "Infanterie légère française. Carabinier" (La Combe 204); according to La Combe the two prints were published as a set under the title "Deux costumes d'infanterie".
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered "Lith. de Villain, rue de Sèvres. No 11" directly below image at lower right; imprint directly below image at lower left.
Comprises plate 53 of v. 1 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy is folded across the center and mounted on bound stub.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 400 x 275 mm; sheet: 530 x 345 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an infantryman standing smoking a pipe; the ground and buildings around him are snow-covered and dismembered hands and feet are visible, two medals lie on the ground; in the background a group of marching soldiers.
Classification
Department