border marker/ post europe 1800

[Viking Bob]

I think the uniform is what was worn on the 1812 campaign at the start.

Trace the regiments march but it could be Austrian as Poland was partitioned into oblivion in the latter part of the eighteenth century - by Austria, Prussia and Russia.

Cheers

Huw


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Cheers Huw

 

[Huw63]

The second of the two prints has Znaim and Wagram on them. Both battles of the Franco-Austrian war of 1809. Wagram was and is a village across the Danube from Vienna so I’d say it’s artistic licence so I’d not use it as a reference albeit it’s a splendid looking print.

The first mentions the Berezina which was not a border river but had to be crossed for the remnants of the Grand Armee to head towards Poland.

However given weathering and the mixed quality of paint and pigmentation of the era it is possible that yellow could have faded to a creamy white in my humble opinion.

The saga continues....

Cheers

Huw

 

[Huw63]

Now I'm at my PC and not my iPad I've identified the print as beingby Benigni based on a sketch by Faber du Faur who participated in the campaign. It shows a carabinier mounted on a captured horse in 1812 (source of information is "Les Carabiniers" by Yves Martin). As he's on a captured horse I'd suggest the campaign as being underway and in the üprint there is unreadable script. The post also seems to be six sided. Could it be an administrative boundary rather than a national boundar?

Just some more musings to mull over.

Cheers

Huw

 

[Viking Bob]

The second of the two prints has Znaim and Wagram on them. Both battles of the Franco-Austrian war of 1809. Wagram was and is a village across the Danube from Vienna so I’d say it’s artistic licence so I’d not use it as a reference albeit it’s a splendid looking print.

The first mentions the Berezina which was not a border river but had to be crossed for the remnants of the Grand Armee to head towards Poland.

However given weathering and the mixed quality of paint and pigmentation of the era it is possible that yellow could have faded to a creamy white in my humble opinion.

The saga continues....

Cheers

Huw

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Now I'm at my PC and not my iPad I've identified the print as beingby Benigni based on a sketch by Faber du Faur who participated in the campaign. It shows a carabinier mounted on a captured horse in 1812 (source of information is "Les Carabiniers" by Yves Martin). As he's on a captured horse I'd suggest the campaign as being underway and in the üprint there is unreadable script. The post also seems to be six sided. Could it be an administrative boundary rather than a national boundar?

Just some more musings to mull over.

Cheers

Huw

I had gleaned from the print that it was 2nd Carabiniers but didn't get the year. I thought this was going to be a simple research, oh well. I will incorporate the post in the next but one dio, " somewhere in Europe, 1809".