Five Cavalrymen Riding with a Standard

Five Cavalrymen Riding with a Standard

Thomas Rowlandson

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

At center three cavalrymen dressed in red coats gallop to the left. Two hold upright sabers and the soldier at center holds a flag. They follow two smaller horsemen at left.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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