Centsprent: [Militaire Ruiterij]. No. 50.

Popular print with images of horsemen, probably members of the cavalry in the Napoleonic Era, with distinctive headdress and costume. All are praised as heroes for their bravery and loyalty to their country.With inscription in ink: ‘G.J. Jensma’ and on verso ‘Goffe Sjoerds Posthuma, 1860’ and ‘Goffe sjoert postuhma (sic)’. Other prints owned by Posthuma are in the collection.Deventer, J. de Lange (1818 - 1845); via Mindermann & Co., Amsterdam, whose address is mentioned on the print: ‘Te Amterdam, bij Mindermann en Comp., in de Bergstraat’; numbered ‘No. 50.’ in the upper right corner. l 16 woodcut illustrations (each ca. 55 x 75 mm) on paper, hand coloured in red; under each image a 2-line verse; total: 410 x 325 mm; Pro Patria Watermark, countermark: H D Goey; folded twice.Meyer p. 206, Boerma p. 778 (Lange 50).

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