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Napoleon's Soldiers - The Grand Armee of 1807 as Depicted in the Paintings of the Otto Manuscript

By: Arms and Armour Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Arms and Armour Press)

Last Stocked on 9/26/2023

Product Info

Title
Napoleon's Soldiers - The Grand Armee of 1807 as Depicted in the Paintings of the Otto Manuscript
Category
Author
Guy Dempsey Jr.
Publish Year
1994
Pages
256
Dimensions
8x10x1"
NKG Part #
2147620296
Type
Hardcover

Description

The paintings in this handsome book represent one of the premier original sources available today for the study of Napoleonic military uniforms.

Taken from the Otto Manuscript, these watercolors afford a unique window on history that brings Napoleonic soldiers and uniforms into view in a way almost unprecedented for a pre-photographic era. Rather than stylized prints or lifeless salon artwork created long after the fact, these are the precise, vibrant record of an amateur artist's first-hand observations, imbued with a spectacular intimacy as a result of the artist's talent for faithfully reproducing even small details of dress and equipment.