Dreuse - 2nd Guard Lancers 1813 -1814 or Trooper/ Lancer 2nd Chevau-legers-Lanciers de la Garde Imperiale

11th in collection of 15 original albumen sepia print photographs; full-length portrait of cavalryman wearing the Médaille de Sainte Hélène, standing, holding shako against right hip, sabre and gloves in left hand, indoors. 11th in collection of 15 original albumen sepia print photographs; full-length portrait of cavalryman wearing the Médaille de Sainte Hélène, standing, holding shako against right hip, sabre and gloves in left hand, 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)