Cavalry Charging

1801

Conrad Gessner

Associated Names
Conrad Gessner

Artist, Swiss, 1764 - 1826

This is a drawing of a cavalry charge scene. It shows several horses galloping across a makeshift bridge. The central figure is on horseback, holding a sword. The background includes dynamic lines and shapes indicating smoke and cannon fire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen-and-tusche lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23 × 32 cm (9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.143

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Man 1962, no. 66

  • Series Title

    Specimens of Polyautography [1947.7.110-145]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1962

  • Man, Felix H. "Lithography in England (1801-1810)." In Prints, edited by Carl Zigrosser. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962: 116-130.

Wikidata ID

Q65071431

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