The Netherlands & Belgium · 19th century
€ 320
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Small marginal tearing in the margins.
One nicely hand coloured print of an original serie of 23 plates, published in 1833. Rare.
From a serie of beautiful lithographed plates with Belgian military costumes after Madou and printed by Dero-Becker. Comes from a Belgian military costume album, dedicated to the Belgian King, and financed by subscribers, some 90 Belgian nobility and officers of the Belgian Army.
All plates show animated groups of military men in all the various uniforms, including the Belgian "gendarmerie," the national police force, and the administrative personnel of the Belgian army and navy, and all plates are very attractively and brightly washed and coloured by hand. Coloured plates in order: 1. Untitled plate of the Belgian King, and officers on horseback. 2. Aides-de-Camp et Officiers d'Ordonnange du Roi. 3. Generaux de Division et de Brigade et leur Aide-de-Camp. 4. Corps des Guides. 5. Infanterie de Ligne. 6. Infanterie de Ligne. 7. 1st Regiment de Lanciers. 8. Chasseurs a Pied . 9. Chasseurs a Pied. 10. Corps des Partisans. 11. Cuirassiers. 12. 1st Regiment Chasseurs a Cheval. 13. 2nd Regiment de Lanciers. 14. Artillerie de Campagne et Train. 15. Service de Sante et Ambulance. 16. 2nd Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval. 17. Garde Civique. Premier Ban. 18. Garde Civique. Premier Ban. 19. Gendarmerie (a pied et a cheval). 20. Corps du Genie et Sapeurs Mineurs. 21. Artillerie a Cheval. 22. Etat-Major General. 23. Administration Militaire et Marine.
Title of this Print on offer (French): Service de Santé et Ambulance (English: Health Service and Ambulance)
Source: Collection des Costumes de l'Armée Belge, en 1832 et 1833, dédiée au Roi
