Sonst und Jetzt

Hand-colored engraved caricature by Fleischmann after Voltz; 3 bürger-gardes (?) at right in blue coats and breeches piped in light blue with light blue collars, cuffs and epualettes (officer has silver epaulette), black gaiters and bearskin caps with red plumes; at left is comic group of 3 early bürger-gardes in unmatching outfits. The caricature contrasts the Bavarian army at the end of the 18th century with the reorganized Bavarian army at the beginning of the 19th century. Hand-colored engraved caricature by Fleischmann after Voltz; 3 bürger-gardes (?) at right in blue coats and breeches piped in light blue with light blue collars, cuffs and epualettes (officer has silver epaulette), black gaiters and bearskin caps with red plumes; at left is comic group of 3 early bürger-gardes in unmatching outfits. The caricature contrasts the Bavarian army at the end of the 18th century with the reorganized Bavarian army at the beginning of the 19th century. Small oblong folio, matted folio; plate mark, margins intact. New York, Rockman Prints, 1949.