Charlemagne or Charles the Great, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Romans, 748-814. In crown with sword and orb, wearing a chlamys over a suit of armour, tunic, spurs. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

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