Gendarmerie mobile, François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1848-1852 (c)

Plate 29: in the foreground, two policemen from the mobile corps, standing, both in blue trousers and tall caps, white epaulettes and braiding; the man to left a man has a navy blue jacket with tails and red inner lining, his cap more decorated than his companion's and with a rolled up item on top of his rucksack (?), is equipped with a firearm with bayonet; the other to right in a navy blue coat and equipped with a sword; other figures, one mounted, behind them hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1848-1852 (c). Dimensions: Height: 199 mm (image); Width: 191 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Gendarmerie mobile (BM 1925,0409.29)