Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne, 1883 Paintings the top having a stepped

the top having a stepped crown

The painting is beautifully & skillfully executed

This is a particularly nice example of his work

the village of Fontaine-la-Mallet

The basket is stamped to the base with a Moscow Kokoshnik mark and the silversmith's stamp of "HCC" in a rectangular box

Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne, 1883 Paintings the top having a steppedA 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