"Need help identifying a mysterious soldier from Mexico" Topic

Hello everybody

I'm currently working on a Mexican army from the early 1820's to the late 30's. I was reading a book about Theubet de Beauchamp, a Swiss artist that lived for a while in Mexico. Even though he arrived in 1816, his paintings depicted people and events that happened as early as 1810 and as late as 1827. I found a depiction of what appears to be a hussar of some kind, but have no idea what kind of soldier he is. I'm referring to the one on the left:

The title of the painting is Cavalerie Mexicaine (Mexican Cavalry). Is he from the Spanish royal army? The Mexican insurgents? Or perhaps a shorlived unit from the First Mexican Empire?

I like the uniform so I'd like to include a unit of them on my tabletop. Does anybody have any recommendations for 28mm models similar to this one?

Thank you.

I think this might be of help:

Húsares de la Muerte (Hussars of Death)
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I suspect inspired by the Prussian (German) Totenkopf

Death Head Hussar of Fredrick the Great.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totenkopf

The French had something similar, Hussards de la Mort
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So, perhaps an actual Hungarian Hussar origin before 1792

As far as figures, Hussars in Shako should work, such as these Saxons
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But reworking plastic figures would be easier:
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