Caption

Horseback infantry, Caricature of mounted infantry, Comic events from everyday life, Comic gallery, cartoon, Series number, 63, A soldier on horseback is driven forward by a rider with a whip., annotation: '196', stamp: 'Timbre Royal Seine 3 c.', printmaker: Victor Adam, France, printer (person): Aubert & Junca, Paris, publisher: Aubert & Cie., 1837-09-21, printer (person), paper, lithography, letterpress printing, lithography with text in letterpress on verso, height 241 mm x width 355 mm, A grayscale drawing of two men riding a rearing horse, one man seated in front wearing a tall helmet with a plume and military-style clothing, the other behind him wearing a top hat and coat while holding a riding crop raised behind them; the horse is shown in dynamic motion with flared nostrils, visible bridle and saddle, and legs extended; beneath the horse are several circular brushstroke shapes suggesting splashes, and faint printed text fills the background like a newspaper texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B38_170

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.0Mb (6.4Mb) / 15.9in x 13.9in / 4774 x 4173 (300dpi)

Keywords

Horseback infantry Caricature mounted infantry Comic events everyday life Comic gallery cartoon Series number 63 soldier horseback driven forward rider whip annotation 196 stamp Timbre Royal Seine 3 c printmaker Victor Adam France printer person Aubert & Junca Paris publisher Aubert & Cie 1837-09-21 paper lithography letterpress printing text letterpress verso height 241 mm x width 355 mm grayscale drawing two men riding rearing horse man seated front wearing tall helmet plume military-style clothing wearing top hat coat holding riding crop raised them horse shown dynamic motion flared nostrils visible bridle saddle legs extended beneath several circular brushstroke shapes suggesting splashes faint printed text fills background newspaper texture