French uniforms of the Second Empire in original lithographs by François Hippolyte Lalaisse
Below is a selection of original lithographs showing soldier types of the Second Empire by François Hippolyte Lalaisse (1812–1884). Lalaisse was an outstanding French artist and lithographer. He is known, for example, for his work: Types militaires du Troupier francais (1859).
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Illustrations taken from the original Munich Picture Sheets, published by Braun and Schneider in Munich (from 1848 onwards).
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NAPOLEON III AND HIS GUARD.
Illustrations after Maurice Touissaint. Published: Les Editions Militaires Illustrées (Paris 1942). The illustrations were taken from the original.