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A Hussar Officer on Horseback, 1812. black and white chalk.
black and white chalk · Sheet: 27.6 x 22.1 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- A Hussar Officer on Horseback
- Artist
- John Singleton Copley (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1738–1815)
- Date
- 1812
- Medium
- black and white chalk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 27.6 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1738–1815
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.