Republican Guard under the Provisional Government, François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1848-1852 (c)

Plate 10: two soldiers from the garde mobile cavalry, standing, wearing dark blue tunics with light blue trousers, red trim, white epaulettes, blue caps, each equipped with a sword; the corporal to left has a white bandolier across his chest and a red plume on his cap, the captain to right, seen from behind, has a blue bandolier fitted with a cartridge case (?) hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1848-1852 (c). Dimensions: Height: 183 mm (image); Width: 177 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Garde républicaine sous le Gouvernement Provisoire (BM 1925,0409.11 1)