Infanterie de Ligne (circa 1855)

By: Godard or Villain - Lalaisse, François Hippolyte (1812-1884)

Size: 12.00 H x 9.00 W inches

Source: Empire Français. L'Armée et la Garde Impériale Paris, (Maison Martinet) Hautecoeur Frères, s.d. (1853-1855)

Item #: 81401

Original hand-colored lithograph. Trimmed to 12 x 9” (305 x 229 mm), framing the image. Illustrated plate of soldiers in uniform on a tinted background, after noted French artist Francois Hippolyte Lalaisse. Lithographed in height and colored by Godard or Villain, Captioned below image, w/ publisher’s, lithographer’s, or numeral imprint, various. Preserved in archival mat. Near fine or fine.