Title: Mounted Hussar
Object type: Statuette
Date: 1866–75
Artist:  Ernest Meissonier 
Artist bio: French, Lyons 1815–1891 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Modeler
Medium: Red wax, wood, metal, leather and cord
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 8 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 3 in. (21.9 × 21 × 7.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Gift, in celebration of its 25th Anniversary, 2002
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Horses