Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons, Gustave Le Gray, 1857

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Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons, 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: x 33 cm (10 1/2 x 13 in.), Photographs, Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884), For six weeks in August, September, and October 1857, 25,000 men from the French Imperial Guard, renowned for their victory in the decisive battle of the Crimean War two years earlier, conducted exercises under the command of Napoleon III to inaugurate a vast military camp at Châlons-sur-Marne

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Size: 4979px × 4042px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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