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Title
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General Drouot's Campaign tailcoat
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Rights
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Musée de l'Armée, fair use
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Creator
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Drout Antoine, (1774-1815).
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Date
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1804-1815
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Description
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dark blue artillery tailcoat with golden embroidered sleeves and collar, with golden buttons with the artillery Corp insignia.
Belonging to General Antoine Drouot who served in as an artilleryman during the French revolution and quickly rose through the ranks becoming a captain in the battle of Hohenlinden (1800). After several victorious battles, notably the battle of Wagram (1809) he was made commander of the Imperial Guard artillery, becoming an assistant to Napoleon. Drouot went with Napoleon to the first exile at the Elba Island, where he served with Napoleon during the battle of Waterloo as commander of the Imperial Guard.
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Format
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Fabric
Woolen cloth
Metal wire
Brass
Silk
Height in m: 0.875
Width in m: 0.31 (shoulder width)
Sleeve length in m: 0.67
Height in m. : 0.093 (collar height)
Bust in m.: 0.90
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Publisher
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Musée de l'Armée, Paris France
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Contributor
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Timothy Jackson
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Identifier
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Musée de l'Armée, 4897
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Subject
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Napoleonic Wars; France; 1800s;19th Century; Officer; military; uniform
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Source
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Jpeg file, https://basedescollections.musee-armee.fr/ark:/66008/4897?posInSet=48&queryId=09a4f4eb-e407-4ff7-a553-1362f5a1bc18
Drouot tailcoat