Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne, 1883 Sold Memorial Poem Silk Broadside

Memorial Poem Silk Broadside

The 6 ft long table having a blond ash top and raised on black umber steel columns raising from a polished aluminum base with four legs

The vessel having a ground pontil mark and marked with an etched signature "Sonja" and numbered "bP 2287"

mellow patina to the bronze and the marble is in great condition

the light points downward illuminating the alluring dancer below

Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne, 1883 Sold Memorial Poem Silk BroadsideA fine antique oil painting by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne (1847 1913), of a French cavalry soldier on horseback, 1883. The painting titled "The Despatch Bearer", depicts a French cavalry soldier riding his horse frantically to deliver despatches to the front. The soldier in full uniform with his cavalry trooper's sword hanging from his sadle & the horse hair from his Cuirassier helmet is fluttering in in the wind. The horse's mane too flapping in the