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| Keywords: Skaters on the reservoir at La Villette, 1813.jpg Artwork This plate depicts a soldier skating on the reservoir in La Villette a park near Paris The soldier is wearing the uniform of a lancer Lancers were light cavalrymen who used lances which hadn't been used in several centuries Upon entering Poland with his army Napoleon encountered cavalrymen highly skilled in the use of the lance He then created regiments of lancers from Poland in 1809 used them extensively in battle and was emulated by many other European armies The uniform cap worn by the soldier in this plate is a Polish import with a cylindrical body and a square top 1898 colored plate 10 x 15 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Octave Uzanne Fashion in Paris the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 London William Heinemann 1898 accession number 115046699085053 <gallery> File Skaters on the reservoir at La Villette 1813 - Fashion in Paris 1898 plate 29 - BL jpg File Skaters on the reservoir at La Villette 1813 - Fashion in Paris 1898 plate 29 - BL jpg British Library </gallery> PD-old Grande Armée Les modes de Paris 029 Fashion plates depicting men Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1813 in Paris Fashion in 1813 Ice skating in France Ice skating in art Parc de la Villette Rotonde de la Villette Red hats in art | ||||
