Recruiting officer or racoleur for the French army, 18th century. Dragoon in bicorne, white coat, blue lapels and cuffs, one gold epaulette, breeches, with sword and staff. Raccoleur. Handcoloured steel engraving by Jean-Baptiste Charles Carbonneau after an illustration by Emile Wattier, within a decorative cartouche by Pierre-Nicolas-Frederic Grenan, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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