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Horse artillery, France, 1853 – Antique Print

Horse artillery, France, 1853, [188-] — antique lithograph
Horse artillery, France, 1853, [188-]. Antique lithograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Measuring just 7 by 3.6 centimeters, this chromolithograph shows French horse artillery in the uniforms of 1853, a few years after Napoleon III had proclaimed the Second Empire. The card carries the title "Illust'd Sweet Caporal," which marks it as a cigarette-brand insert of the 1880s, when such pictures were tucked into packs and widely collected. It was later pasted into a souvenir album inscribed to Alton B. Cusick. Its brightly colored scenes of soldiers and mounts are a useful glimpse of the military dress of the period.

Created / published[188-]
Medium1 print : chromolithograph ; 7 x 3.6 cm.
Genre1895
NotesTitle from item. At head of title: Illust'd Sweet Caporal. Illus. in souvenir album inscribed Alton B. Cusick
SubjectsHorse artillery--French--1850-1860. Military uniforms--French--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,051 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-224544

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