Mounted Policeman

Louis Henry Dupray, or Henri Dupray, born November 3, 1841, in Sedan[1] and died April 17, 1909, in Paris (15th arrondissement)[2], was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator. Initially destined for a military career, Henri-Louis Dupray was forced to abandon this path following a riding accident. His interest in art developed, particularly through technical drawing, and he quickly became a student of the painters Léon Cogniet and Isidore Pils at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From the beginning of his artistic career, Dupray specialized in depicting military subjects, only very occasionally devoting himself to portraiture. From 1863, he exhibited regularly at the Salon and, in 1865, became a member of the Société des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers). The painter Édouard Manet was among his friends. He also asked her to pose for one of his last paintings, A Bar at the Folies Bergère, painted between 1881 and 1882.[3] Scenes from the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars are predominant in Dupray's work. Signed and dedicated lower right. With frame H 54.6cm Width 44cm Without frame H 31cm Width 23.7cm