Soldat Des Plomd Part 2

 A few posts ago I commented on a illustration from a French magazine (.: Soldat Des Plomb (tonystoysoldiers.blogspot.com) Whilst I was googling to find more information I found that there was a copy of the illustration for sale (only £10 - which I thought a bargain) - so I purchased it .

It is a page from L'Illustration a French magazine from about the turn of the 19th century .

Of equal interest is the reverse side , an article on Les Soldat de Plomb 

Here are a couple of closer shots , unfortunately my French is of the same level of 'Del Boy' Trotter* so I'm not up to a translation .

Here's the bottom section - if you click on them they will I hope enlarge . . I'm hoping to get the page into a picture frame  and hung on a wall (when our decorating progresses ).

*BBC TV series 'Only Fools and Horses'