Garde nationale à cheval, François Hippolyte Lalaisse, circa 1852

Plate 40: two soldiers from the national guard, one on horseback, both wearing dark blue jackets with red trim, white epaulettes, dark blue trousers with a red stripe, dark helmets with gold decoration and a four-cornered blue extension at the top with red trim and plume; the figure on horseback to left is seated on a blue saddlecoth with the imperial eagle in white and with red, blue and white edging, there is a cylindrical object in the same colours at the back of the saddle, and a sword (?) sheath is visible on the offside; the figure to right, standing with his back to the viewer, has a sword at his side and a small case strapped to his back hand-coloured lithograph. Date: circa 1852. Dimensions: Height: 206 mm (image); Width: 202 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Garde nationale à cheval (BM 1925,0409.39)