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Pen and watercolor sketch of galloping horsemen with swords and a rearing horse in the foreground.

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A pen and watercolor sketch shows several horsemen in period dress galloping across an open ground, some brandishing swords and a pistol. In the foreground a rider on a rearing brown horse turns to face the action, with a lighter wash used for the background figures.

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