Caption:
Soldiers of the 1st Swiss Regiment, French Imperial Army, in combat. In bearskin, red coat and epaulettes, breeches and gaiters, arrmed with musket. Swiss mercenary regiment from 1803-1815. Regiment Suisses, Grenadiers, 1812. Handcoloured woodcut by Francois Rouget after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from P.M. Laurent de lArdeches Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.