M. Pigeon en Grande Tenue, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, between 1818 and 1919

Comic image of a national guard "m. Pigeon" wearing glasses with his hair in disarray, stands in a sentry box poised to take a pinch of snuff; his gun leans against the sentry box with his hat balanced on top of it. 1818-1819 lithograph. Date: between 1818 and 1919. Dimensions: Height: 286 mm (image); Height: 363 mm (sheet); Width: 166 mm; Width: 197 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. M. Pigeon en Grande Tenue (BM 1886,1012.43)