Tuesday 14 August 2012

Painted Voltaire


Here we have Voltaire and his man servant 'Wee Jocky' (late of the Royal Ecossais)


No many colour illustrations of Voltaire I'm afraid, so had to make a guess at colour scheme .


Voltaire and Wee Jocky watch the Chasseurs De Sombreuil go through their manoeuvres . Voltaire's thoughts on light infantry tactics were not well received in French military circles and copies of his pamphlet ' Mes reflexions sur L'utilisation De L'infanterie Legere' are very hard to come by !.






2 comments:

  1. tres elegant ! - nice work; like the sentiments expressed by the servant

    -- Allan

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  2. Lovely models, full of character.

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