Napoleon's Elite Cavalry : Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, 1804-1815

by Rousselot, Lucien; Ryan, Edward

• ISBN13: 9781853673719
• ISBN10: 1853673714
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

This beautiful new book brings together for the very first time ninety-one color plates by the celebrated artist Lucien Rousselot illustrating the regiments of the Imperial Guard cavalry in all their splendor. Carefully researched from primary sources, and superbly executed by a renowned military artist, these paintings are of the very best of their type and are sought after by serious collectors. Lucien Rousselot was a Peintre de lArme and a recognized authority on the uniforms of the French Army. Edward Ryan is an expert on military art and the history of uniforms.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(10)
Glossary	21
THE PLATES
The Emperor Napoleon Frontispiece
Garde Imperiale -- Chasseurs a cheval. 1804--1815
Senior officer and junior officer. Service full dress.
Lieutenant eagle-bearer. 1804--1812.
Kettledrummer and his escort. 1804--1805.
Parade uniform. 1804--1815.
1805--1810. Trumpeter and Brigadier-trompette, parade uniform.
Marechal-des-logis; Marechal-des-logis, trumpetmajor; Brigadier-trompette. In walking-out dress.
Trumpeters and chasseur. Dress walking-out uniform.
NCO, trumpeter and chasseur in Sunday walking-out dress. Winter.
Chasseur, trumpeter and officer, Sunday walking-out dress. Summer.
Officers and NCO in redingotes. Chasseur in stable dress.
Officers. Walking-out and society dress. Chasseur in jacket.
Marechal-des-logis and troopers.
Field uniform. Austerlitz. 2 December 1805.
Officers in cloak and undress uniform. This was the dress of the campaigns of 1806 and 1807.
Escort dress. Campaigns of Prussia and Poland. 1806--1807.
March order. Campaigns of 1806 and 1807.
In Spain. 1808.
Campaign of 1809.
Escort dress. 1812.
Dress in cloaks.
Officer, troopers and trumpeter, campaign dress. 1812.
Young Guard squadrons. Full dress. 1813.
Young Guard squadrons. Campaign dress. 1813.
Young Guard squadrons. Trumpeter. 1813--1814.
Young Guard squadrons. Campaign dress. 1814.
Campaign of France. 1814.
Campaign dress. 1815.
Garde Imperiale-Grenadiers a cheval. 1805--1815
Brigadier-trompette, trumpeters and kettledrummer. Parade uniform.
Trumpeters in undress uniforms. 1. Walking-out in undress coat-summer-1805--1809. 2. Campaign uniform in undress habit, 1809--1812. 3. In threequarters cloak, 1805--1813. 4. Campaign full dress, 1806--1808.
Walking-out dress. 1. In undress coat, 1804--1808. 2. In `second' dress coat, 1808-1814. 3. Sunday dress in summer, 1804--1808. 4. Same dress, 1808--1814.
Eagle-bearer lieutenant escorted by two NCOs and three brigadiers.
Senior officer. Mounted full dress 1809--1814. Junior officers. Walking-out in dress or undress coat.
Trumpet-major in parade uniform, and trumpeter in stable dress.
Brigadier, troopers, officer and trumpeter. Service dress.
Officer in undress. NCO in redingote. Grenadier in stable dress. Grenadier in Sunday walking-out dress.
Officers. Campaign uniforms: in undress coat from 1805 to 1808; in three-quarters cloak; in dress coat from 1809 to 1814.
Campaign uniforms: 1. In undress coat, 1806--1807. 2. In undress coat, 1807--1809. 3. In undress habit, 1810--1814.
NCO, grenadier and trumpeter in three-quarters cloaks (in use until 1813). Grenadier in caped overcoat, 1813--1815, identical for NCOs, trimmed in crimson for trumpeters.
Troopers of the Young Guard squadrons. 1813--1814.
The regiment, which had become the Royal Corps of Cuirassiers of France in 1814, had not yet received its armour in 1815, but was already wearing the habit-veste with which it fought the Campaign of Belgium.
Garde Imperiale-Dragons de l'Imperatrice. 1806--1815
Officer. Parade uniform. 1806--1808.
Brigadier and dragoons. Full dress. 1806 to 1808.
Trumpeters. Full dress worn from 1806 to 1810.
Officer in march order, 1806--1809.
Marechal-des-logis. Service full dress; Marechal-des-logis-chef in quarters dress; Fourrier in undress.
Guard dressed in sentry's overcoat, 1806--1808.
Officer in morning walking-out dress and Dragoons in walking-out dress.
Walking-out dress. Marechal-des-logis-chef in dress coat and fourrier in undress coat.
Officers in society dress and redingote.
Dragoons and trumpeter in cloaks. Campaigns of 1806 and 1807.
Marechal-des-logis and dragoons, march order, 1807-1808.
Trumpeters, guard dress and walking-out dress in undress coat. 1806 to 1810. Dragoons, the same dress worn until 1815.