Russian 19th Century illustrations - Privatskii
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Russian 19th Century illustrations - Privatskii
Not sure of the artist, but beautiful quality.
I hope to post more progressively.
I hope to post more progressively.
Sean- Posts : 1129
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One for the Navy
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Re: Russian 19th Century illustrations - Privatskii
My guess would be either marines or coast artillery. I'm not so sure the Russian caption really translates well.
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Re: Russian 19th Century illustrations - Privatskii
The Guards Equipage, i.e. "Crew." Plain sailors. It was a Russian habit to dress their sailors when on land in uniforms little different from the army infantry's. Viskovatov has an illustration of a naval officer on horseback. In wooden sailing ship days the Russian ships were icebound for half the year, so the crews spent a lot of time on land. At mid-nineteenth century, the chief difference between army infantry and naval full dress was that the infantry had spiked helmets while the navy had shakos.
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Some more
Taken off ebay, sorry there aren't any titles. Perhaps someone can fill in the gaps.
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