Costume des Soldats de la Milice

A lithograph showing a local militia soldier in the Yucatan

Visual Details

Description

A soldier stands on a stone fortification, dressed in tropical attire: a loose white shirt, short pants, and a straw hat. He carries a rifle with a fixed bayonet. Colonial Spanish watchtowers (garitas) are visible in the background

The Subject

19th-century military uniforms, colonial fortifications, Yucatan

Technical Specifications

Beer (Lithographer), Jean-Frédéric Waldeck (Drawer)
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
Lithograph on stone
1838
Voyage Pittoresque et Archéologique dans la province d’Yucatan
Plate III (PL. III)
“COSTUME DES SOLDATS DE LA MILICE”; “Lith. par Beer d’après les dessins de Mr. Waldeck”
Not specified in source
Not specified in source
Paris, France

Historical Significance

Captures the military reality of the Yucatan in the 1830s, preceding the Caste Wa

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