Cantiniere Collection

French Cantiniere Date: circa 1800

Franco-Prussian War of 1870: The cantiniere and nurse of snipers Jarrethout, during the siege of Chateaudun in 1870
ELD4844204 Franco-Prussian War of 1870: The cantiniere and nurse of snipers Jarrethout, during the siege of Chateaudun in 1870, replenishes combatants with ammunition

Costume of a vivandiere or female sutler with the French army, 19th century
FLO4656730 Costume of a vivandiere or female sutler with the French army, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical

The National Guards in the Guards, drinking with the cantiniere, liquor dealer and playing cards, smoking the pipe
FLO4718613 The National Guards in the Guards, drinking with the cantiniere, liquor dealer and playing cards, smoking the pipe, some are asleep - Eau forte after an illustration by Victor Auver

Miss Sanxay as Hebe in Les Gods de l'Olympe in Paris by Clairville, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1846
FLO4631719 Miss Sanxay as Hebe in Les Gods de l'Olympe in Paris by Clairville, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1846. She's dressed as a Cantiniere, sutler

France: panoply of cantiniere disguisement of the Second Empire, children's toy and barrel, 1910
LUX4771778 France: panoply of cantiniere disguisement of the Second Empire, children's toy and barrel, 1910; (add.info.: France: panoply of cantiniere disguisement of the Second Empire)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a little girl dressed in a cantiniere
LUX4741756 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a little girl dressed in a cantiniere, holding the French flag and wishing the happy year

Cantiniere de la garde nationale - Sutler to the National Guard, Paris, early 19th century, in white dress and bonnet
FLO4658470 Cantiniere de la garde nationale - Sutler to the National Guard, Paris, early 19th century, in white dress and bonnet, green shawl, with black apron

First World War: France, Postcard, greeting card depicting two children in a soldier in uniform
LUX4735991 First World War: France, Postcard, greeting card depicting two children in a soldier in uniform and in a cantiniere offering a bouquet of mistletoe

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a little boy in kepi and in uniform with his rifle and flag
LUX4738385 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a little boy in kepi and in uniform with his rifle and flag and a little girl in a canteen wearing a bouquet of Guy

Letter Z: Zouave cantiniere. Doll's alphabet. Imaging of Pont-a-Mousson by Louis Vagne, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4201885 Letter Z: Zouave cantiniere. Doll's alphabet. Imaging of Pont-a-Mousson by Louis Vagne, c.1900 (lithograph); 31.5x24.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Duvallon.

Cantiniere among French soldiers in 1792 - engraving by Riou for the novel Madame Therese by Erkmann and Chatrian
PCT4278114 Cantiniere among French soldiers in 1792 - engraving by Riou for the novel Madame Therese by Erkmann and Chatrian (Erkmann-Chatrian: national novels) - Edition Hetzel 1873.; (add.info)

Patriotic map showing a cantiniere of the imperiale army with a tricolor flag and singing the Marseillaise, 1915
LUX4743761 Patriotic map showing a cantiniere of the imperiale army with a tricolor flag and singing the Marseillaise, 1915; (add.info)

Becassine in the cantiniere. Drawing by Joseph Porphyre Pinchon (1871-1953), 20th century. DR
LSE4104307 Becassine in the cantiniere. Drawing by Joseph Porphyre Pinchon (1871-1953), 20th century. DR by Pinchon, Joseph Porphyre (1871-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

'Madame Vialar, The last of the French Cantinieres, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Madame Vialar, The last of the French Cantinieres, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Cantiniere
3782867 Cantiniere; (add.info.: Cantiniere: 19th century Frenchwoman attached to military regiments, selling wine to the troops and working in canteens (also called vivandiere)'

The 152nd Hairy (1914-1915) - image of Epinal by Hansi
LSE4077129 The 152nd Hairy (1914-1915) - image of Epinal by Hansi. by Waltz, Jean-Jacques (Hansi) (1873-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Evening of the Battle of Champaubert, 1814 Napoleon rocks the baby of a cantiniere
XEE4160589 The Evening of the Battle of Champaubert, 1814 Napoleon rocks the baby of a cantiniere - lithograph by Job (Jacques Onfroy de Breville)

Garde Nationale Sedentaire (coloured engraving)
3621745 Garde Nationale Sedentaire (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Garde Nationale Sedentaire (Sedentary National Guard)

Grotesque military caricatures (coloured engraving)
5998743 Grotesque military caricatures (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grotesque military caricatures)

Game of the French Army (colour litho)
PER437802 Game of the French Army (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jeu de l Armee Francaise; ); French, out of copyright

On the evening of the Battle of Champaubert and on the eve of Montmirail, a pensive Napoleon rocks the baby of a
3100864 On the evening of the Battle of Champaubert and on the eve of Montmirail, a pensive Napoleon rocks the baby of a cantiniere, 10-11 February 1814 (colour litho) by Job

The Vivandiere (engraving)
1249053 The Vivandiere (engraving) by Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie (1804-60) (after); BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, Academie des Beaux-Arts

Woman in afternoon dress and hat watching birds. Toilette d apres-midi. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Armand Vallee from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des

Vivandiere des zouaves en 1856 - in "Histoire de l armee", ed
LSE4079024 VivandiAre des zouaves en 1856 - in " Histoire de l armee", ed. Barbier, Paris, 1858 by French School

Scenes from the French colonial wars in Algeria and Tunisia (coloured engraving)
5998733 Scenes from the French colonial wars in Algeria and Tunisia (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A French cantiniere 1890
French cantiniere, named as Madame Vialar, striking a distinctly sassy pose which well displays her two medals; the military medal and the Crimean medal, during the first Franco-Dahomean War

Production of La Vivandiere at the Opera-Comique, Paris (engraving)
2789353 Production of La Vivandiere at the Opera-Comique, Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

French Army cantiniere receiving a medal in a ceremony at Amiens (engraving)
2789327 French Army cantiniere receiving a medal in a ceremony at Amiens (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

La Mere Belgrade, cantiniere (engraving)
3645430 La Mere Belgrade, cantiniere (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Mere Belgrade, cantiniere. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1867)

A French cantiniere seeing her husband among a group of drowning soldiers at the Battle of Arcole, Italy
3098573 A French cantiniere seeing her husband among a group of drowning soldiers at the Battle of Arcole, Italy, 1796 (colour litho) by Chartier

The Vivandiere (engraving)
1249019 The VivandiAre (engraving) by Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie (1804-60) (after); BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, Academie des Beaux-Arts

The Fetes at Ostend (engraving)
1059743 The Fetes at Ostend (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fetes at Ostend)

British comedians Phyllis Broughton and Arthur Roberts in H B Farnies comic opera The Old Guard (b / w photo)
6032268 British comedians Phyllis Broughton and Arthur Roberts in H B Farnies comic opera The Old Guard (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Mere Ibrahim, Egyptian-born cantiniere of the 2nd Regiment of Zouaves of the French army
6000529 Mere Ibrahim, Egyptian-born cantiniere of the 2nd Regiment of Zouaves of the French army, who died at Vichy on 20 July 1896 (engraving) by French School

Mrs. Jacquet, first cantiniere (cook) at the military barracks of Les Tourelles de Paris
XEE4183982 Mrs. Jacquet, first cantiniere (cook) at the military barracks of Les Tourelles de Paris: under the new military law, civilians are gradually replacing soldiers in sedentary jobs

Solemn presentation of the Franco-Prussian War Medal to two French women volunteers of the Annee... (colour litho)
2779810 Solemn presentation of the Franco-Prussian War Medal to two French women volunteers of the Annee... (colour litho) by French School

Thirst (colour litho)
6031111 Thirst (colour litho) by Willette, Adolphe Leon (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thirst. Illustration from L Album, Les Maitres de la Caricature (Librairie Illustre, Paris)

French Army cuirassiers (coloured engraving)
5998788 French Army cuirassiers (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French Army cuirassiers)

French Troops for the War (engraving)
1618864 French Troops for the War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French Troops for the War)

The Dutch Army Manoeuvres, Scenes and Incidents in the Field (chromolitho)
1042745 The Dutch Army Manoeuvres, Scenes and Incidents in the Field (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dutch Army Manoeuvres)

The pretty vivandiere (colour litho)
2779552 The pretty vivandiere (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The pretty vivandiere. La jolie vivandiere)

Vivandiere, Full-length Portrait of French Cantiniere Wearing Zouave Regiment Dress
6040933 VivandiAre, Full-length Portrait of French CantiniAre Wearing Zouave Regiment Dress, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, 1855 (b/w photo) by Fenton, Roger (1819-69); English, out of copyright

The childrens meal at the nursery. Engraving by E. Ronjat
LSE4333935 The childrens meal at the nursery. Engraving by E.Ronjat, to illustrate the story " Atravers l Alsace et la Lorraine", in 1884, by Charles Grad (1842-1890)

The French Armee and its Cantinieres: A Dragon and a Cantiniere Lithography by Frederic
JLJ4685045 The French Armee and its Cantinieres: A Dragon and a Cantiniere Lithography by Frederic Sorrieu (1807-?) 19th century Paris, Decorative Arts by Sorrieu

Madame Hofer, a French Army cantiniere with the 28th Dragoons, learning that she has won a million francs in
3097519 Madame Hofer, a French Army cantiniere with the 28th Dragoons, learning that she has won a million francs in the lottery (colour litho) by French School

Cantiniere Roger Fenton English 1819 1869 1855
Cantiniere; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 17 x 12.2 cm (6 11, 16 x 4 13, 16 in.)

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The cantiniere, a quintessential figure in French military history, holds a unique place in the hearts of soldiers and civilians alike. From the iconic image of Epinal by Hansi depicting "The 152nd Hairy" during World War I to the vivid scenes of Hussards and cantinieres de troupe de line, these women have left an indelible mark on our collective memory. In times of war, their presence brought comfort and solace to weary soldiers. Even Napoleon himself found respite in their company as he rocked the baby of a cantiniere on the evening of the Battle of Champaubert in 1814. This tender moment captured forever in a color lithograph portrays a pensive emperor amidst chaos. But it wasn't just during battles that these strong-willed women made their mark. The Garde Nationale Sedentaire immortalized them through colored engravings, showcasing their resilience and dedication to serving alongside men on the home front. Grotesque military caricatures provided comic relief amid harsh realities, while games played by the French Army offered moments of camaraderie and distraction from daily hardships. Through it all, vivandieres stood tall with unwavering strength. Their influence extended beyond warfare; they were also seen as fashion icons donning afternoon dresses and hats while watching birds or depicted as vivandieres des zouaves in historical accounts like "Histoire de l'armee. " These images serve as reminders that even amidst conflict, beauty can still be found. Scenes from French colonial wars further highlight their significance - whether fighting alongside troops or providing support behind enemy lines - these courageous women embodied bravery under fire. The legacy of cantinieres lives on today; they symbolize resilience, compassion, and unwavering determination. Their stories continue to inspire us all as we remember those who served selflessly throughout history.