Finished United States Swallow Tail Flag

I Finally have the Swallow Tail flag finished the way I wanted it to look. I was trying to keep it simple with one "non flag element" added and the finished piece shows it worked well. I had sketched a a rider on a horse holding this flag and then a total upper body of a rider and part of the horse but it just did not fit with the rest of series so it all got painted over. I had to keep this simple.

The riders upper body looking beyond the flag adds just the right element of expectation and anticipation that this flag must have carried with it for all cavalry regiments during the Civil War and the Western campaigns that followed. I like this flag.