Sword Arm Protect
Thomas Rowlandson · British, 1756-1827
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A mounted cavalryman in an orange tunic and fur-plumed shako raises a curved sword overhead while his dark horse gallops over a grassy rise. Smaller mounted figures and sabres are visible at the left, suggesting a skirmish, in a hand-coloured print by Thomas Rowlandson dated 1798.
