The image shows a man standing beside a horse. The man has his arm resting on the horse's back, while holding a sword. He has distinct facial features with a beard and is wearing a military-style uniform with a helmet, epaulets, a sash, and tall boots. The horse has a bridle and saddle. The background features simple lines indicating a ground surface and sketchy plant-like elements.
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Dragoon with His Charger

William Tylee Ranney (American, 1813 - 1857)

c. 1830-1840

Medium
graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
image (irregular): 10.16 × 14.29 cm (4 × 5 5/8 in.) ; sheet: 12.38 × 16.51 cm (4 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Claude J. Ranney, grandson of the artist, 1960)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art