Painting Soldier ID

[Boy of '61]

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I received a e-mail from my Uncle who deals in antique art and was wondering if I could help ID the soldiers or subject matter of the painting. I looked at the pictures of the painting, but I couldn't tell for sure who or what the soldiers are. The soldiers appear to be two colored soldiers but the uniforms don't seem to match anything I know about the USCT or the 1st South Carolina Volunteers. I was thinking some kind of French troops in North Africa but the terrain/background in the painting does not match up. So I was wondering if anyone has any thought or ideas about the ID of the soldiers or the subject matter. Thanks in advance.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Painting Soldier ID

Hallo!

A hard one.
And hard to say as it is also reminiscent of Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).

One possibility. If you can read the artist's signature, you may be able to run a WWW search that might possibly exclude a post ACW French artist?

Curt

[ScottCross]

Re: Painting Soldier ID

This does not look American Civil War. I would agree with Curt, it looks like French uniforms and possibly Franco-Prussian War era.