Studies of Royal Horse Artillery rider and headwear, 1811 (c)

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

Studies of a mounted Royal Horse Artilleryman of the Napoleonic era, and several Tarleton helmets with bearskin crests.

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.