The Old Dragoons of 1850
Frederic Remington
Modeled 1905, cast 1906–7
Medium
Bronze with black patina
Dimensions
73 × 119.3 × 43.8 cm (28 3/4 × 47 × 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
sculpture
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
97927
About the Artist
Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator who became the preeminent visual chronicler of the American West. Born in Canton, New York, he studied briefly at the Yale School of the Fine Arts and the Art Students League of New York before making his first trip west in 1881, where he found the subject matter that would define his career. Remington's paintings a...