Foreign costumes & uniforms
A compiled album of foreign military costume and uniform plates, assembled by J. Watts De Peyster (1821-1907) and held by the Smithsonian Libraries, drawing mainly on European armies for a collector of military dress. The pictures are hand-coloured and lithographed figure studies of soldiers standing in full dress, with some printed engraved sheets of cavalry and officers; a designer could draw on their clear silhouettes, braided trims, helmet shapes and regimental colour contrasts.
