Monsieur Moret, 2nd Regiment, 1814-15
Image: Brown University Library
The Place Vendôme was decked out in garlands of immortelles as the old soldiers of the Empire performed their homage
The Times of London, May 1855
Monsieur Ducel Mameluke de la Garde, 1813-1815
Image: Brown University Library
Monsieur Vitry, Departmental Guard
Image: Brown University Library
We do not know the identity of the photographer. Some of the images are slightly blurred, which indicates that the men may have found it taxing to remain still for the duration of the exposure, which in the 1850s would have lasted a number of seconds.
Monsieur Dupont
Source: http://mashable.com/2014/10/27/napoleonic-wars-veterans/?utm_cid=lf-toc
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