Light infantry, line infantry, François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1848-1852 (c)

Plate 14: in the foreground, two infantrymen wearing blue tunics, red trousers and tall caps, each with one gloved hand, the other hand used to gesture, swords hanging from their waists; to left a captain with white epaulettes, his cap topped with a red ornament, to right a colonel with gold epaulettes, a plume and gold ornament on his cap; in the background an encampment and two soldiers in bearskins, one holding a horse hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1848-1852 (c). Dimensions: Height: 198 mm (image); Width: 172 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Infanterie légère, infanterie de ligne (BM 1925,0409.14)