Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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                    Gendarme, Art Institute Of Chicago
Gendarme, Art Institute Of Chicago

This may have been based on an illustration from a book showing various uniforms, military and civilian. The man is wearing a caped three-quarter length coat, long boots with spurs, wide gauntlets, and a tall helmet, and carries a sabre: presumably the uniform of a mounted officer, possibly in the royal guard.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret