by Anton Hoffmann Maximillian II Emmanuel was one of the premier military leaders of his time. He was often referred to as the Blue King because he nearly always wore his favorite color, blue. His well trained and drilled Bavarian army was likewise clad in their famous medium blue uniforms.A color which was worn by Bavarian soldiers over the next two centuries. Maximillian II was a superior military leader in battles of theWar of Spanish Succession and he helped thwart the Turkish invasion of Europe.He was a pioneer patron of Baroque art and architecture. The Plates: 1. Max II Emmanuel of Bavaria 2. Pikeman 1686 3. Recruit 1682-1694 4. Musketeer 1682 5. Musketeer 1687 6. Musketeer in overcoat 1684-1720 7. Corporal 1686 8. Fusilier Regiment Kurprinz 1699 9. Fusilier in shirt 1704 10. Corporal 1701 11. Feldwebel 1720-1730 12. Fusilier (1) 1720-1730 Seyboltsdorff 13. Fusilier (2) 1720-1730 14. Fusilier Life Regiment 1704-1726 15. Fusilier Regiment Seyboltsdorff in frock 16. Grenadier 1684 17. Grenadier 1694 18. Grenadier 1716 19. Grenadier 1727 (rear) 20. Grenadier 1727 (front) 21. Grenadier 1727 22. Grenadier Corporal 1727 23. Grenadier officer 1727 24. Junior Officer 1 25. Junior Officer 2 26. Junior Officer 1690 3 27. Senior Officer 1682-1694 28. Senior Officer 1720 29. Colonel 1692-1720 30. General 31. Fifer in gala 1707 32. Drummer 1720 33. Kettledrummer Hartischer Lifeguard (mounted) 34. Hartischer 1717 (mounted) 35. Hartischer Full Dress 1717 (mounted) 36. Garde Carabinier 1717 (mounted) 37. Carabinier Regiment Prinz Philip 1704-1710 (mounted) 38. Garde Grenadier a Cheval 1717 (mounted) 39. Cuirassier 1684 (mounted) 40. Cuirassier Officer (mounted) 41. Cuirassier Regiment Arco 1702 (mounted) 42. Trumpeter Cuirassier RegimentWeickel (mounted) 43. Dragoon Officer (mounted) 44. Dragoon 1702 (mounted) 45. Dragoon 1702-2 (mounted) 46. Hussar Officer 1688 (mounted) 47. Hussar Regiment Lidl von Borbula 1688 (mounted) 48. Bchenmeister Corporal 1685
An Historical Sketch of the Campaign of 1815: Illustrated by Plans of the Operations and of the Battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo [Second Edition]
History of the War in the Peninsula, under Napoleon - Vol. II: to which is prefixed a view of the political and military state of the four belligerent powers