1884
The Spahi were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morroco.
21.11 x 13.65 cm (8 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Black and white chalk on blue paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to white card and mounted to rag paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchConté crayon and metallic silver paint on beige laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, watercolor, and white gouache on tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on beige wove paper
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and white chalk on blue wove paper
19th centuryFrench