
"Tyrolean Militia Costume" Topic
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| mghFond | 01 Nov 2009 8:31 p.m. PST |
I purchased the excellent Eureka Tyrolean figures and now Im on the hunt for any good information on them. I've looked at the Eureka website and they've got a few well painted samples, which helps. I've Googled a bit too but so far not a lot out there it seems. Anyone got any pictures of painted figs on their blogs? Or know of a source I obviously don't??? |
| Musketier | 02 Nov 2009 9:26 a.m. PST |
The Innsbruck panoprama site unfortunately doesn't enable zooming in on parts of the picture, but gives you a good idea of how the militia appeared en masse from a distance: link See also picture picture This contemporary picture shows officers in more standard 18th C. dress, and has an interesting flag as well: link Otherwise, try and improve your Google-fu by using combinations of "Tirol" or "Tiroler" (the German spelling) with "Schützen" or "Landsturm". Texts will be in German but Google Images should still help you. Many pictures will be of modern-day Schützen associations, but dress colours shouldn't be far off – most of these outfits trace their history back to 1809 and more. |
| bill5549 | 05 Nov 2009 3:10 p.m. PST |
I have been to the Innsbruck panorama – tremendous great painting. Unfortunately the costumes used for the Tyroleans were those in vogue in the different districts in the later 19th century when it was painted. |
| Yves Martin | 14 Nov 2009 3:39 p.m. PST |
please send me a direct mail at martin_yves@me.com for contemporary pictures of Hofer's men and the fighting in the Tyrol in 1809. YM |
| Musketier | 20 Nov 2009 9:58 a.m. PST |
@Bill. Why would that be unfortunate? Do you have evidence that fashions in the high valleys changed that much? My impression from mostly contemporary drawings and paintings in Austrian and Italian Museums was that for the rank-and-file, things didn't change much between the late 18th C and the mid-19th. Leader types from the local towns now, they might have worn bicornes in 1797, against top-hats in 1809. I stand to be corrected though. |
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