Pictures of Napoleontic veterans

[megroot]

Find this on FB. Looks interesting enough for me to share here.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/27/napo...:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfb29rM25rZ2g1NmY3cWF5eSJ9

Marc

 

[Gra30]

Great post, I saw these a while back and intend to print them off and frame as a set.
Really nostalgic, thanks for posting.
There is a page somewhere where it describes the collection and the age of the veterans at the time of the photographs taken.
Best wishes

 

[Gra30]

Here also is an interesting one I received today via FB

 

[billyturnip]

Find this on FB. Looks interesting enough for me to share here.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/27/napo...:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfb29rM25rZ2g1NmY3cWF5eSJ9

Marc

I think those photo's appear in the book Anatomy of Glory by Henry Lachouque.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Anatomy-Glory-Napoleon-Leadership/dp/1853672645

Roger.

 

[BarrieHynd]

That's a good find guys, thanks for sharing.

Barrie

 

[MCPWilk]

Interesting to see the cut and drape of the uniforms. The pelisses are all worn off rather than over the shoulder - something that I have never seen modelled. An interesting collection - I asume the uniforms were over forty years old and not made up for the occasion.

Mike

 

[Mat Lambert]

Amazing - never seen these before so absolutely fascinated.
I didn't know until a few years back when I got a biography of Wellington that a photo of him existed - when I saw that for the first time it was like a genuine time machine moment. This is the picture...

Also there is this one of Fitzroy Somerset (Lord Raglan during the Crimean War) Duke of Wellington's military secretary and present at Waterloo. He had his arm amputated after the battle. It's quite well known image but thought I'd post it as we're talking Veterans of the Napoleonic period.

Cheers
Mat