F. HUILLIÈRE: HUNTER ON FOOT OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD: Original watercolor, Second Empire. 20565

F. HUILLIÈRE: HUNTER ON FOOT OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD: Original watercolor, Second Empire. 20565

Signed lower right representing a foot hunter of the Imperial Guard in uniform of the second Second Empire model, H 13 cm, width 9 cm. Presented under glass in a gilded wooden frame, H 31 cm, width 25 cm.
Watercolor from the photograph of the hunter Montellier (battalion of Guard hunters) published in Captain Richard's book “LA GARDE” to which it had been lent by Maurice Levert.

France.
Second Empire.
Very good condition, frame in fairly good condition.

We thank Louis Delperier for his help in identifying this watercolor.

NOTE :
Recorded in the corps registration register, the following service records were entered on the back of this document by Maurice Levert:
MONTELLIER (François Eugène Maris), son of Aimé François and Coriace Marguerite Olive.
Born in Quimperlé on October 24, 1829. Profession: locksmith.
Entered the service as a replacement in the 6th Light on December 12, 1850.
Passed to the 19th Hunter Battalion on January 22, 1854.
Released December 31, 1856.
Incorporated into the 9th Hunter Battalion as a volunteer on January 28, 1857.
1st class fighter on May 17, 1858.
Passed to the 20th Hunter Battalion on September 13, 1858.
Passed to the Chasseurs de la Garde battalion on April 10, 1859.
Here is the capture of the flag of the Austrian infantry regiment “Archduke Ernest” on June 24 by Montellier.
Corporal on June 26, 1859.
Definitively released on June 25, 1859, knight of the Legion of Honor on August 13, 1859 (the eagle of the battalion of Chasseurs de la Garde himself received the Legion of Honor on July 25).