164 - [Militaria / Imperial Guard] Set of 2 pen-and-ink drawings depicting Colonel Jules-Jean-Pierre de Vassoigne, commander of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the Imperial Guard during the Second Empire. - Full-length portrait of the colonel: loose sheet, paper, 21x15 cm (1867), small crease, small tear. - Portrait of the colonel on horseback: loose sheet, paper, 21x17 cm (1868), small tears along the edges.

[Militaria / Imperial Guard] Set of 2 pen-and-ink drawings depicting Colonel Jules-Jean-Pierre de Vassoigne, commander of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the Imperial Guard during the Second Empire. - Full-length portrait of the colonel: loose sheet, paper, 21x15 cm (1867), small crease, small tear. - Portrait of the colonel on horseback: loose sheet, paper, 21x17 cm (1868), small tears along the edges. Included is a lace handkerchief featuring a medallion depicting a horseman. Jules-Jean-Pierre de Vassoigne was born on May 8, 1813, in Rivière-Salée, Martinique, and died on September 28, 1886, in Conflans. He pursued a military career. He served in the Crimean War between 1855 and 1856 and participated in the Italian Campaign of 1859 as commander of divisional batteries. He then successively commanded the 1st Foot Artillery Regiment (1863–1866) and the Mounted Regiment of the Guard (1866), which would later become the 23rd Artillery Regiment. He was promoted to brigadier general on December 26, 1872. He commanded the artillery of the 7th Army Corps before retiring to Boncourt in Meurthe-et-Moselle.