This water colour depicts a mounted soldier surprising four other men as they drink outside a tavern. During the English Civil Wars (1642-1651) cavalry made up a third to a half of most armies. The men depicted in this painting are harquebusiers. A fully equipped harquebusier would possess a sword, a pair of pistols, a helmet, buff coat, riding boots, back and breastplate, and a steel gauntlet to cover his bridle hand. It was often the case however that cavalrymen of both the Parliamentary and Royalist armies had a mix of these items, depending on what was available to them.
Collection: Images
Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Higher Education
Link: https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1967-05-57-1
Resource type: Painting
Format: Images
Source: National Army Museum
Date: 1900
Owner: Porto group (Modernalia)
Identifier: NAM. 1967-05-57-1
Copyright: Out of Copyright
Abstract: English Civil War
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