Caption

Ulaan in stormy weather, print, printmaker: Edouard Detaille, France, 1858 - 1912, paper, chine collé, etching, etching on chine collé, height 320 mm x width 240 mm, the soldier, the soldier's life, helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance, A detailed pen sketch shows a mounted soldier in profile riding a muscular horse through shallow water, the rider wearing a uniform with a peaked helmet and a long coat, holding a long spear with a small fluttering flag near its tip, the horse equipped with a bridle and saddle and captured mid-step with water rippling around its hooves, the scene rendered with fine crosshatching and flowing lines against a sparsely detailed background of open sky and distant, bare vegetation.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B23_117

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.9Mb (12.1Mb) / 12.5in x 17.4in / 3743 x 5216 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ulaan stormy weather print printmaker Edouard Detaille France 1858 - 1912 paper chine collé etching height 320 mm x width 240 mm soldier soldier's life helved weapons polearms striking hacking thrusting lance detailed pen sketch mounted soldier profile riding muscular horse shallow water rider wearing uniform peaked helmet long coat holding long spear small fluttering flag near tip horse equipped bridle saddle captured mid-step water rippling hooves scene rendered fine crosshatching flowing lines sparsely detailed background open sky distant bare vegetation