Sujet

Review of French troops on the Place Napoleon at Cherbourg, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Review of French troops on the Place Napoleon at Cherbourg, [northern France], 1865. 'The subject of our Illustration...from a sketch by our special artist... is a military, not a naval, display - being the review of the French troops forming the garrison of Cherbourg, who were paraded and put through the usual manoeuvres on the Place d'Armes. The officers of the English and French squadrons paid frequent visits to each other's ships in the course of the day, and exchanged various official compliments'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A26_296

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NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,4Mo (4,9Mo) / 47,5cm x 32,9cm / 5608 x 3887 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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