???????????????? 82e Série (82ª Serie) — Les Uniformes du 1er Empire, Le 8e de Ligne (Suite) 13 — Tambour?Major, grande tenue — 1813, version diable de Tasmanie?????

art digital, 2026

Artist Biography:
Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967) was an English military painter, illustrator, and writer. Born in Kensington, London, he was the son of the noted landscape painter Cecil Gordon Lawson. Educated at Charterhouse, Lawson spent many of his early years in Paris, where he immersed himself in artistic circles and developed a distinct style focusing on military subjects.He served as a soldier during the First World War, enlisting as a private in the Westminster Dragoons and seeing action in Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine (including the capture of Jerusalem), before later serving on the Western Front with the Machine Gun Corps. Although never an official war artist, he painted numerous historical and battlefield scenes. Between the world wars, Lawson gained renown as a pioneer of military uniform research, authoring and illustrating the multi-volume History of the Uniforms of the British Army. His meticulous archival sketches and watercolor plates remain foundational resources for historians and military institutions today.
Regiment and Uniform:
The illustration depicts a Tambour-Major (Drum Major) in full dress uniform (grande tenue) for the 8th Regiment of the Line (8e de Ligne) of the French Imperial Army, as it appeared in 1813 during the First French Empire.Regiment OverviewThe 8e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne was an infantry regiment of the French Grande Armée, boasting a long and distinguished combat history through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting in numerous major campaigns across Europe.Uniform and Appearance Details* Headgear: He wears a tall black fur busby (kolpak) adorned with a prominent yellow and blue plume sweeping out from the top.* Coat: A distinctive blue coatee featuring yellow facings, lapels, and cuffs, heavily decorated with military braiding (lacing) characteristic of musicians and drum majors of the period.* Sash and Accoutrements: A striking red and gold sash crosses his chest, paired with a matching sword belt supporting a sabre.* Breeches and Boots: Blue trousers tucked into high black leather cavalry-style boots with decorative trim at the top.* Staff of Office: In his right hand, he holds the traditional elaborately carved baton or staff used by drum majors to signal and direct the regimental musicians and drums on the march.

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