Austrian Uniforms in Lithographs by F. Gerasch
E. Gerasch, The Austrian Army from Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, to Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria. Plate series 1-152. Plates in vivid and partly egg-white heightened coloring. Vienna, at L. T. Neumann. Circa 1854.
Below is a selection of the original plates.
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