Soldiers of the 10th Light Dragoons

Soldiers of the 10th Light Dragoons from 1793 by George Stubbs depicts cavalry soldiers with their mounts during the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars, when the 10th Light Dragoons—later the 10th Royal Hussars—was one of the most fashionable cavalry regiments in the British Army, associated with the Prince of Wales. Stubbs received several commissions from the regiment and from the prince who took an intense personal interest in its horses and equipment. The painting combines military portraiture with equestrian art, the dual expertise Stubbs brought to royal and regimental commissions. The soldiers' uniforms and accoutrements are rendered with the documentary precision Stubbs applied to all material detail, matching the anatomical accuracy of his equine subjects. The work is held at the Royal Collection.

The mounted soldiers and their horses are rendered with Stubbs's dual precision in human and equine anatomy, the military accoutrements depicted with documentary accuracy.