Gendarme: a member of a gendarmerie, 19th century French police force, incorporated in the French Army. Under the Third

• Contributor: Lebrecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: ERG8NC
• File size: 47.4 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 3398 x 4878 px | 28.8 x 41.3 cm | 11.3 x 16.3 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 11 March 2011
• Photographer: Lebrecht

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Gendarme: a member of a gendarmerie, 19th century French police force, incorporated in the French Army. Under the Third Republic the ratio of foot to mounted gendarmes was increased and the numbers of a military police role reduced. From series 'Paris au XIX. Siècle', (hand- coloured lithograph Parisian costume plates, heightened with gum arabic) c.1855-56.

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