French Major General and his aide-de-camp riding with troops, 1812. In bicorne, jacket with gold epaulettes and aiguillettes, breeches and boots, armed with straight sword. General de division et son aide-de-camp, 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Andrew Best Leloir after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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