Royal Guard to King Francis I, France, 16th century. Ceremonial halberdier to the 1st Scottish Company, Garde Ecossaise. In chainmail vest with crown and salamander over yellow, blue and pink tunic, with sword and halberd. Garde du Corps de Francois I. Handcolored lithograph by Jules Jacquet after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer.

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