A Trumpeter of the Life Guards (Primary Title)
Alfred De Dreux, French, 1810 - 1860 (Artist)
English subjects were popular in 19th-century France as equestrian themes often went hand-in-hand with Anglophilia (French:Anglomanie), a taste for British art and culture that was in part fostered by political entente. This trumpeter, whose coat bears the cypher of Queen Victoria, is from the Life Guards, a senior Regiment in the British Army. Historically, the seated trumpeters rode grey-white horses so they would stand out from the rest of the military officers and thus were more visible when communicating orders to the rest of the cavalry.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The National Sporting Library & Museum, May 6 - July 31, 2016
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
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