Officiers supérieurs
A mid-19th-century French colour-printed plate titled Officiers supérieurs from 1860, showing senior army officers in full dress uniform, with captions identifying each rank such as Capitaine de Vaisseau, Colonel du Génie and Colonel des Cuirassiers. The pictures are flat, hand-tinted uniform studies in navy, gold and red that a designer could use for period military costume, braid and epaulette detailing, and a limited palette of historical military colour.
