Some additional images from the Brown Collection of Max Emmanuel's Army

In addition to the three Blue King folios the Brown Collection also holds several miscellaneous folios of works by Anton Hoffmann and J.A. Drexler that concentrate on the early army of Bavaria.  Below are some examples, the first by Drexler:

Having multiple copies in different folios is common at the Brown Collection and as you can see by the following two the actual colors intended are often hard to determine due to different processes, differing light sources etc...

Also it must be remembered that during the period most people only ever saw black and white drawings or sketches such as the ones below so had no real appreciation of what the uniforms, or the major individuals actually looked like.  Here are three such views of Max Emmanuel.

Here is a sketch to explain the great relief of Vienna.  Max Emmanuel is the small figure in the top leftmost circle of the illustration.  Here he shares the glory with The Kaiser, the King of Poland and the Elector of Saxony who are the other characters shown.

And finally a couple of b/w illustrations of uniforms by Drexler and a couple of additional artists colored plates.

Next topic for Bavarian Uniforms will be the Army under Carl VII who was elected Emperor during the War of the Austrian Succession so 1740 till his untimely death in 1745.