Infanterie de Ligne. (1887)

By: Detaille, Jean Baptiste Édouard.

Size: 14.00 H x 10.00 W inches

Source: Detaille, Jean Baptiste Édouard. L'Armée Française. Paris : ca. 1885. French Military Uniforms.

Item #: 81457

Original hand-colored lithograph. Signed in the plate by Detaille (1848-1912), notable French military painter who chronicled the Napoleonic Wars. Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille was a French academic painter and military artist noted for his precision and realistic detail. He was regarded as the "semi-official artist of the French army".Captioned below image, w/ publisher’s, lithographer’s, or numeral imprint, various. Preserved in archival mat. Near fine or fine.