Captain Arthur Blake (Q18503004)

Label from: French (fr) Czech (cs) English (en)

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movement: Grand manner (Q5595260)
genre: battle painting (Q3374353) portrait (Q134307)
artist: Joshua Reynolds (Q194402)
collection: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
owned by: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736) The Huntsville Times (Q7741121)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
location of final assembly: England (Q21)
depicts: 17th Lancers (Q4553634) British people (Q842438) man (Q8441) helmet (Q173603) Totenkopf (Q2060098) sword (Q12791) tree (Q10884) sash (Q1370565) coat (Q152574) shoulder belt (Q7502702)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/captain-arthur-blake/

information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog

description: Captain Arthur Blake was a member of the Seventeenth Light Dragoons, a British cavalry regiment that originated in 1759. The crested helmet in his left hand is embellished with the regiment's badge, the Death's Head with the motto 'Or Glory,' the final three letters of which are just visible here, upside down. Joshua Reynolds became

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