Bellangé’s Soldiers of the French Republic and the Empire 1795 – 1814
Taken from the first German translation of “Histoire de l’empereur Napoleon (1840),that was enlarged for this edition with six new illustrations.
Bellangés’ fifty detailed and brightly coloured uniform plates present the soldiers of the different regiments of the French Republic and the Empire in their respective costumes. The plates are full page size (254×178) and are left unprinted on the reverse to reveal them at their best, without giving any annoying show-through, thus allowing full enjoyment of this exceptional Napoleonic uniform series.
Description
Bellangés’ ‘Soldiers of the French Republic and the Empire’, with full-page reproductions of 50 good hand-coloured wood-engraved plates by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (17 January 1800 – 10 April 1866). Bellangé was an important French battle painter and printmaker. His art was influenced by the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte and, while a youth, he produced several military drawings in lithography. Afterwards he pursued his systematic studies and with the exception of some portraits, devoted himself exclusively to military and battle pieces.
The 50 plates in this handsomely printed book show the soldiers of Napoleon and include portraits of Bonaparte, Eugen Beauharnais, Joachim Murat and Joseph Poniatowski.
The plates are left unprinted on one side to give full justice, with no show-through, to the fine uniform plates.
Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Bonaparte. Oberbefehlshaber der Armee von Italien. 2. General der Republik und sein Guide. (1795) 3. Husar. (1795) 4. Linien-Cavallerie. (1795) 5. Linien-Infanterie. (1795) 6. Officier der Leichten Infanterie. (1795) 7. Capitain der Marine. 8. Dromedar-Regiment. (1798.) Egyptische Armee 9. Der Kaiser Napoleon. 10. Kaiserliche Garde. Gendarme von der Elite. 11. Kaiserliche Garde. Mameluck. 12. Eleve der Polytechnischen Schule. (1812.) 13. Ordonnanzofficier des Kaisers. 14. Karabinier. (1805.) 15. Linieninfanterie. Tambour / Grenadiere der Kaiserlichen Garde. Tambour-Major. 16. Kaiserliche Garde. Fuselier-Grenadier. Paradeanzug. 17. Kaiserliche Garde. (L) Jager-Sergent zu Fuss in gewohnlichem Sommer-Dienstanzuge / (R) Jager zu Fuss in vollstanigem Sommer-Dienstanzuge. 18. Kaiserliche Garde. Dragoner. 19. Kaiserliche Garde. Grenadier zu Pferde. 20. Kaiserliche Garde. Sappeur vom Genie. 21. Linien Infanterie. (1808.) Grenadier — Voltigeur. 22. Kaiserliche Garde. Lanciers. 2nd Regiment. 23. Dragoner und Dragoner-Sapeur. (1809.) 24. Kaiserliche Garde. Tirailleur und Voltigeur. 25. Artillerie-Train. — Fuss Artillerie (1809.) 26. Leichte Infanterie. Voltigeur. Karabiner. (1809.) 27. Kurassier. (1809.) 28. Husar. (1809.) 29. Kaiserliche Garde. Grenadier. (3rd hollandisches, Regiment). 30. Kaiserliche Garde. Zogling. 31. Polnische Legion. Regiment der Weichsel. (1810) 32. Divisionsgeneral und sein Adjutant. (1812) 33. Schweizerregiment. (1812.) Grenediere. 34. Kaiserliche Garde. (1812) Pauker der polnischen Lanzenreiter —- Trompeter der Jager zu Pferde. 35. Franzosischer Chevau-Leger. (1812.) 36. Artillerie zu Pferde. (1812.) 37. Polnischer Lanzenreiter. (1812.) 38. Karabinier. (1812.) 39. Eugen Beauharnais als Oberst der Jager zu Pferde (Kaiserliche Garde). (1804-1809) 40. Joachim Murat. 41. Joseph Poniatowsky. 42. Kaiserliche Garde. Seesoldat. 43. Jaeger zu Pferde. (1814) 44. Ehrengarde. (1814) 45. Kaiserliche Garde. Grenadiere. Soldat / Officier. 46. Kaiserliche Garde. Fussartillerie und Train. 47. Kaiserliche Garde. Reitende Artillerie. 48. Kaiserliche Garde. Lanciers. Erstes Regiment. 49. Kaiserliche Garde. Reitende Jager. Officier. 50. Invalide.
Additional information
| Author/Editor | Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé |
|---|---|
| Product Code | 25875 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | 50 coloured fine uniform plates + index. Taken from the first German translation of "Histoire de l'empereur Napoleon” |
| ISBN | 9781783318414 |
