Französische Armee. Infanterie
A coloured German plate of uniforms from the 1870 French army, titled Französische Armee, Infanterie, likely a Bilderbogen sheet for home or school use. The figures stand in a row against a plain cream ground: a cuirassier-style officer with a sabre, a drummer in a red-trimmed blue coat, a bearded man in a tall bearskin cap with a long white greatcoat, a rifleman with a bayonet, and a woman in a blue bodice with white apron and striped skirt. Designers could take the flat, saturated blue, red and gold palette, the tidy spacing of the figures, and the clear uniform detailing for period costume or historical poster work.
