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Le Chevalier D'Eon (Japanese: シュヴァリエ, Hepburn: Shuvarie, (French "Chevalier"), literally "Knight") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G based on an original story by Tow Ubukata. The anime originally aired in Japan on WOWOW from August 19, 2006, to February 2, 2007. [3]
The pantalon rouge were adopted by the French Army on 26 July 1829, to encourage the rose madder dye-growing industry in France. [3] [4] By the 20th century the synthetic dye alizarin, imported from Germany, was used to colour the cloth of the pantalons rouge. The French infantry wore the same pattern of trouser from 1867 to 1914. [5]
The Brunswick is one of several informal jacket-and-petticoat costumes popular in the later 18th century, derived from working class costume but made up in fine fabrics (usually silk). [ 2 ] Originating in France (based on a German fashion), the Brunswick was also popular in England and the United States as a traveling costume.
At the beginning of his career, Napoleon was a soldier and wore the uniform of the French Revolutionary Army. In 1793 he was promoted to Général de brigade, in 1795 Général de division, and in 1796 he became commander in chief of the Army of Italy. In those capacities, he wore the uniform of a French Army general as promolgated by the ...
History of a French Louse; or The Spy of a New Species, in France and England in British it-Narratives 1750-1830 (2012), d'Éon is portrayed as a nameless character which a louse inhabits for a period of time. [28] The Chevalier d'Éon: The 18th Century Transgender Spy (2022), a biographical short documentary directed by Jono Namara for BBC ...
Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809 Horse carabinier as of 1809. The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV.From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the ...
French military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession (2 C, 26 P) Pages in category "18th-century French military personnel" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
Detaille made his debut as an artist at the Salon—the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts—of 1867 with a painting of Meissonier's studio. [2] At the Salon of 1868, he exhibited his first military painting, The Drummers Halt , which was based solely on his imagination of the French Revolution .