Painting and Sculpture

A Charge of Cuirassiers

A Charge of Cuirassiers is an 1823 history painting by the French artist Théodore Géricault. It portrays a battle scene from the Napoleonic Wars as charging French cuirassiers seize a regimental colour from Russian infantry. Battle scenes remained popular in the decades after the fighting ceased in 1815, with Géricault's friend Horace Vernet producing a large number. Today the painting is in Wallace Collection in London, having been purchased by the Marquess of Hertford in 1857 in Paris.

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• ▸John Mather (artist)
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• ▸James Pollock (artist)

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