Uniforms of grenadier and skirmisher, French Line Infantry, 1808. Both in plumed shako, blue coat with epaulettes, breeches and gaiters, armed with musket and sword. Grenadier et Voltigeur, Infanterie de ligne, 1808. Handcoloured woodcut by Andrew Best Leloir after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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