Soldier of the 1st Light Cavalry (Polish) regiment, French Imperial Guard, resting with his horse in a stable. In shako, blue coat and trousers trimmed with yellow, white epaulettes, armed with sabre and lance. Horse in mouton shabrack. Chevau-Legers (Polonais), 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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