Cavaliers in Battle

c. 1820

Asa B. Sizer

Associated Names
Asa B. Sizer

Artist, American, 1780 - 1829

This is a drawing of a cavalry charge with horses and riders in motion. The figures are detailed with lines and shading, showing movement and tension. One rider is mid-gallop on a rearing horse on the right, and another horse appears to have fallen in the lower section. The riders wear military attire and hold swords or sabers aloft. Sparse vegetation fills the background.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. William Middendorf, II, McLean, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 30, no. 215.

Inscriptions

lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: drawn by Asa B. Sizer.

Watermarks

ADRIAAN ROGGE

Wikidata ID

Q64536753

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