Studies of Royal Horse Artillery riders, 1811 (c)

Charcoal and white wash drawing by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1914 (c).

Studies of mounted Royal Horse Artillery riders of the Napoleonic era, wearing Tarleton helmets with bearskin crests. The page also includes an anatomical study of a horse.

Wollen was responsible for at least two oil paintings featuring the Royal Horse Artillery in action during the Peninsular War (1808-1814). The works portray Captain Norman Ramsay of the Royal Horse Artillery galloping his troop through the French Army to safety at the Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro (3-6 May 1811).

From a sketchbook of 28 sheets of charcoal and white wash drawings by William Barns Wollen.