Other Prints · 19th century

Antique Print of a Cuirassier Brigadier by Petit 'c.1890'

€ 150

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1890
Sheet size: 36.5 × 27 cm (14.4 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12679-20

Condition

General age-related toning. Protective sheet attached, blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Un brigadier de Cuirassiers'. Antique print of a Cuirassier Brigadier. Cuirassiers were cavalry equipped with a cuirass, sword, and pistols. Cuirassiers achieved increased prominence during the Napoleonic Wars and were last fielded in the opening stages of World War I. Cuirassiers continue to be employed as ceremonial troops by a number of countries. The French term means "one with a cuirass" (cuirasse), the breastplate armour which they wore. Published by Georges Petit, circa 1890.