Tag Archives: Horses

1889: Artist-in-Residence

Posted on December 5, 2020 by corvusfugit

The celebrated 19th century French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur was known for wearing men’s pants, shirts, and ties, as well as participating in traditionally masculine activities such as hunting and smoking. She lived with her lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas … Continue reading →

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1808: Portrait of a Horse’s Ass

Posted on November 23, 2020 by corvusfugit

Henry Raeburn: Portrait of George Harley Drummond (ca. 1808–9); “It is curious…that the animal’s hindquarters should be so prominently displayed” says the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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1810: A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom

Posted on March 4, 2020 by corvusfugit

A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom (Oudh, India, ca. 1810-30) (source)

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1534: Wild Horses Fighting

Posted on November 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hans Baldung Grien: Wild Horses Fighting (1534)

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1984: The Battle of Orgreave

Posted on November 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

On June 18, 1984, 5,000 picketers—members of the UK National Union of Mineworkers and their supporters—arrived at the British Steel Corporation coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, determined to prevent scab trucks from leaving the plant with deliveries. They were … Continue reading →

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1607: Book of Kings

Posted on September 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Muhammad ibn Mulla mir al-Husaini al-Ustadi: Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Abu’l Qasim Firdausi (1605–7)

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1913: My Heart at Evening

Posted on September 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

     My Heart at Evening Toward evening you hear the cry of the bats. Two black horses bound in the pasture, The red maple rustles, The walker along the road sees ahead the small tavern. Nuts and young wine taste … Continue reading →

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1935: Notebook

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Salvador Dalí’s Notebook (c. 1930-35)

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1940: The White Horse

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Eric Ravilious: Train Landscape (1940) The background of this painting features the Westbury White Horse, a figure on the slope of Salisbury Plain in England. As the earliest documentation dates from 1742, the horse was likely created in the first … Continue reading →

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1650: Horse

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Illustration from Il cavallo da maneggio [The Arena Horse] by Giovanni Battista di Galiberto (1650), showing the anatomy of the horse and sites of common ailments and wounds. The full title of the work is Il cavallo da maneggio. : Libro. Dove … Continue reading →

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