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Dec 18, 2017 - Dec 19, 2017
The 3rd Hussars, part of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, near Rouvoy - Battle of Amiens, 10th August 1918
monochrome watercolor
signed l.r.
framed, 16.75 x 9.25 in. (sight)
Depicts cavalry en route to battle, one having fallen along the path.
This piece was first a book illustration for The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914-1919) by Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Temple Willcox CMG, who commanded the Regiment 1915-1921.
The 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to form the Queen's Own Hussars in November 1958.
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