Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne, 1883 Paintings the top having a stepped

the top having a stepped crown

This very attractive antique Levantine chair has a curved back with a pair of turned ball finials and a central crest inlaid with bone

the village of Fontaine-la-Mallet

The plinth base also finely inlaid with parquetry masks

the baize playing surface has been professionally replaced and both tables have received a light professional French polish in Bloomsbury's workshops

Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne, 1883 Paintings the top having a steppedA fine antique oil painting by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne (1847 1913), of a French cavalry soldier on horseback, 1883. The painting titled "The Despatch Bearer", depicts a French cavalry soldier riding his horse frantically to deliver despatches to the front. The soldier in full uniform with his cavalry trooper's sword hanging from his sadle & the horse hair from his Cuirassier helmet is fluttering in in the wind. The horse's mane too flapping in the