Tag: Dragoons
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01 Work, The Art of War, Paul-Louis-Narcisse Grolleron’s Dragoons breaking from battle, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 2,750 in May 2016 Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback. While their use goes back to the late…
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20 Works, December 22th. is Charles Deas’ day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #253
Long Jakes documents America’s first frontier hero, the fur trapper. The fur trade in the American West flourished in the 1830s and was one of the most financially successful industries in America during the first half of the 1800s. The image of the trapper was that of a fiercely independent traveler who led a solitary…
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