Martinet. [By various etchers]. - [Premier Empire] La France Militaire: Suite of 21 Original Copperplate Etchings [MILITARY UNIFORMS & PORTRAITS].

Ca. 1835. 1st Edition. Print. A suite of 21 original copperplate etchings, on 7 single sheets, for "La France Militaire". Overall size ca. 270 x 180 mm. Each print has 3 images; one ca. 95 x 110 mm, and two ca. 85 x 55 mm each, on a single impression. Good impressions with ample margins all-round. In overall good condition (margins soiled & foxed to various degrees, slightly affecting image here and there). - - FIRST EDITION. Martinet and Couché, along others, are signed on the metal, succeeded by "del." implying this is the artist from whose drawing the engraving or etching was made. Various craftsmen signatures, succeeded by "sculp." meaning "carved", implying he who has drawn on the metal. The prints, involve both etching and engraving. Each depicts a single military uniform study, and two, very fine portraits of leading (military) personage. Represented are Chasseur and Vétéran of the Troupes Toscanes; Russian Tartares de la Garde and Cosaques de l'Oural; Tambour, Grenadier, and carabinier of the Russian Garde Imperiale; Sapeur and Tambour of the Infanterie; and officers of the Troupes Hongroises. There are also two military views, one of which is the battlefield scene of the Mort de Désaix. An impressive visual representation of the military and human landscape of the Premier Empire (1805-1815). Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper. Scarce. Clamshell .

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