Antique Print of the Cavalry of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army by Van de Weyer (1900)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Cavalerie O.I. Leger. Marsch- en kleine tenue 1896.' - This plate shows the cavalry of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in 1896 (marching and daily outfit).

From ´De uniformen van de Nederlansche Zee- en Landmacht hier te lande en in de kolonien, naar aquarellen of teekeningen van J. Hoynck van Papendrecht, W.C. Staring en J.P. de Veer´. Published in The Netherlands 1900.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'P. W. van de Weyer' after 'J. Hoynck van Papendrecht'. Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht (1858 - 1933) was a Dutch painter and illustrator, famed for his military art. In 1900, the famous book The Uniforms of the Dutch Navy and Army appeared in two parts, in which many of the illustrations were contributed by van Papendrecht.