French Imperial Guard sapper of the engineers in front of a fortification system. In steel helmet with crest, blue uniform with red epaulettes and piping, gaiters and musket. Sapeur de genie, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured woodcut by ABL (Andrew Best Leloir) after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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