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Paris : Martinet
Galerie des Enfans de Mars, ou collection des divers uniformes de tous les Corps composant la ci-devant Garde. c.1817
29.0 x 2.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1082307
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George IV’s interest in military uniform was well known. This book of illustrations of French uniform was a gift from Louis-Philippe, son of Philippe ‘Egalité’, duc d’Orleans, who had been executed in 1793. Louis-Philippe lived in exile under Napoleon but returned to France after the Battle of Waterloo, and was crowned as King of the French in 1830.
Provenance
Presented by Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, March 1817
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Measurements
29.0 x 2.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
28.6 x 20.7 x 2.3 cm (book measurement (conservation))
Category
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