Schmitt – 2nd Jaeger Rgt zu Pfd 1813 - 14 – (2nd Jaeger zu Pferde or 2nd Chasseurs à cheval)

14th in collection of 15 original albumen sepia print photographs; full-length portrait of infantryman in floppy cap wearing the Médaille de Sainte Hélène, facing right, indoors. 14th in collection of 15 original albumen sepia print photographs; full-length portrait of infantryman in floppy cap wearing the Médaille de Sainte Hélène, facing right, indoors. Photographed by Erwin Hanfstaengl (also known as Erwin frères, a German photographer), around 1863, who began working in Paris in 1861, at 4, Rue Frochet, 4, en face la Rue Breda. This is based on the similar photographic portraits of Dorigny and Bonneville on which the photographer's name appears, and the similarity in the backgrounds of several carte de visites. (information courtesy of Wouter Lambrechts, Antwerp, Belgium)