Musicians of the French Imperial Guard cavalry, 1812. Kettledrummer of the 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers and trumpeter of the Horse Chasseurs. Timbalier de Chevau-Legers Polonais, Trompette des Chasseurs a cheval, Garde Imperiale 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Pierre Verdeil after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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