18th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL SOUS-OFFICIER DE CHEVAUX-LÉGERS,... Lot 44

18th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL SOUS-OFFICIER DE CHEVAUX-LÉGERS, VRAISEMBLABLEMENT DU 1ER RÉGIMENT, wearing his helmet circa 1779-1784. Miniature on oval ivory with view (6.3 x 4.9 CM) Late 18th century Gilt bronze frame rect. 10.1 x 8.8 CM Total weight: 0.404 kg Attached is Léon Creissels' handwritten card: "chevau-légers officer". Six chevau-légers regiments were briefly created between 1779 and 1784. - 18TH CENTURY French school, Cavalryman, probably from the 1st regiment, oval miniature, rect. gilt bronze frame - - Provenance From the Félix Doisteau collection (not in his sale at Hôtel Drouot, March 5, 1937).