Ap_25060This striking circa 1820 engraving by Carle Vernet, titled Cosaque en Bataille (Cossack in Battle), captures the dramatic energy and movement that made Vernet one of the great military artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The composition centers on a mounted Cossack warrior riding at speed across an open battlefield. Armed with a lance and dressed in military attire, the rider appears alert and ready for combat, while the horse is