"SLOM" plate. Hand painted. Unique piece. Chamborant, 2nd Hussar regiment, with 1938 booklet.

André Słomczyński, known as André Slom, born on July 9, 1844 in Bordeaux and died on December 27, 1909 in Paris, is a French painter, engraver, illustrator and cartographer of Polish origin. A former communard, he lived for a time as a refugee in Switzerland.
Returning to France after the amnesty law of 1881, he drew for several famous French magazines of the time, including L'Illustration, Le Monde illustré...Etc.

At the request of Pierre de Coubertin, he drew the "Olympic Diploma" for the International Committee in 1901. He is therefore a recognized artist during the "Belle Époque".
His specialty, which interests us more particularly in this circumstance, is uniformology.
He creates on demand, notably for the Invalides and for the association "La Sabretache", but also for individuals who are fans of unpublished works, paintings of uniforms with a great concern for historical veracity.
These are the paintings, which are each time made individually, that we are offering you today.
You are not likely to find exactly the same painting in another collection, they were all painted individually.

Format 32 x 25 cm.
This painting was apparently framed at a moment.
It bears traces of tape and paper stuck to the back, but nothing visible from the front.
It is torn, without there being any lack of material just above the text at the bottom left.
The uniforms of the Empire have been widely described and illustrated, those of the Ancien Régime have been much less documented.
This is an opportunity to acquire this rare documentation.
We are attaching a 27-page booklet, including black and white illustrations, in good condition, published in 1938, format 16 x 24 cm.

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