Student (officer) at the Revolutionary military

Student (officer) at the Revolutionary military school called the Ecole de Mars, encamped at the Portes de Paris and Bois de Boulogne, 1793. Designed by Jacques-Louis David, the uniform comprised a shako with tricolor plume, blue Polish tunic, tight trousers, canvas gaiters, short Roman sword. Eleve du campe de Mars. 1793. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomte's Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820

Picture No

14013292

Media ID

45855592

Size

5128px x 6879px (6.0MB)

Credit

©Florilegius/Mary Evans

Source

Hippolyte Lecomte