Uniforms of the French artillery, 1809. Soldier of the line artillery train in light blue-grey coat and buff breeches. Foot artillery in shako, blue coat with red cuffs and piping, white (summer) gaiters, armed with musket. Train d'artillerie, artillerie a pied, 1809. Handcoloured woodcut by Henri Désiré Porret after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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