Hilltop Reconnaissance (1 Viewer)

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Jeremy Ives, a British Dragoon officer in North America during the American War of Independence, surveys the terrain below from a grassy hilltop while his mount grabs a quick repast.
 

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This alternate view of the Dragoon was inspired by a favorite painting at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts:

Gerard Terborch
(17th C Dutch)
Man on Horseback
 

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Very nice Randy, very serene. One can almost hear the horses tail as he swishes it across his hindquarters.
 

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