THE MILITARY POSING STANDING, PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE PAINTING ALONE, WITHOUT ANY OTHER EXTERNAL DECOR, OCCUPIES ALL THE ATTENTION OF THE SPECTATOR BY HIS PRESENCE
THE PAINTING WEARS THE MONGRAM AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF HORACE VERNET FRENCH PAINTER BORN IN PARIS on June 30, 1789 and died in 1863;
HE WAS THE SON OF CARLE VERNET, GRANDSON OF CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET.
HE FOLLOWS HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS IN MILITARY PAINTING WHERE HE PROVES TO BE VERY BRILLIANT.