GÉRICAULT, Théodore
(b. 1791, Rouen, d. 1824, Paris)

A Charge of Cuirassiers

1822-23
Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm
Wallace Collection, London

Although this picture was painted after the death of Napoleon, there was still in the 1820s a considerable market for scenes of Napoleon's battles. The painting depicts French cuirassiers (heavy cavalrymen) capturing a standard from Russian infantry.