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Types Et Uniformes De L'Armée Prussienne

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Vallée (printer)
Pepin, Édouard Guillaumin (illustrator)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Illustration showing the uniforms of various ranks of Prussian soldiers. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleTypes Et Uniformes De L'Armée Prussienne (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'Types Et Uniformes De L'Armée Prussienne'. Illustration by Édouard Guillaumin Pepin showing the uniforms of various ranks of Prussian soldiers. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Illustration showing the uniforms of various ranks of Prussian soldiers. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
DimensionsThe prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '(2e série) / Types Et Uniformes De L'Armée Prussienne / (tenue de campagne) / En vente chez Strauss, 7, rue du Croissant, et Chez Madre, même rue, 20. Paris. Imp. A. Vallée, rue du Croissant, 1' (Lettered)
  • 'Pepin E' (Signed)
  • 'Infanterie / Garde royale. Infanterie de ligne. Tenue de route. Chasseur à pied. Infanterie bavaroise. / Infanterie Génie / Infanterie de la landwer Artilleur. Tambour de la ligne. Pontonnier. Corps du génie. / Les Wurtembergeois, Saxons, Badois, portent l'uniforme de l'armée prussienne. - Les pattes, le collet, parements varient de couleur suivant le régiment. - La landwer ne se distingue de l'infanterie de ligne que par l'addition d'une croix blanche sur l'aigle du casque.' (Lettered with captions and titles)
Subjects depicted
Soldiers
Infantry
Uniform
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.966-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029432/types-et-uniformes-de-larmée-print-pepin-édouard-guillaumin/
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