A Mameluke Chief on Horseback Signaling for Help, 1817. Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835).
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A Mameluke Chief on Horseback Signaling for Help, 1817. Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835).

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A Mameluke Chief on Horseback Signaling for Help, 1817. Gros specialized in large battle paintings memorializing the feats of Napoleon (1769-1821). This Orientalist military subject records Napoleon's campaign in Egypt against the British Empire. It also demonstrates how spontaneously the artist could draw on the lithograph stone.

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HRM19F68_018

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