Tartar Cavalry

One of a collection of 7 mounted original watercolors of Chinese soldiers in battle or of soldier types, all signed or initialed by Wirgman. Soldier riding horse with whip in his right hand. One of a collection of 7 mounted original watercolors of Chinese soldiers in battle or of soldier types, all signed or initialed by Wirgman. Soldier riding horse with whip in his right hand. Reproduced in The Cosmopolitan, Vol. XVII (October 1894), page 652. Wirgman covered the Second Opium War for the Illustrated London News

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Original record: Tartar Cavalry
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1860
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Wirgman, Charles, 1832-1891 (artist)
Subject(s): China
Illustrated London News
Lu jun
Watercolors (Paintings)
Type: still image

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