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| Caspar Luyken Insane Man riding a Horse backwards 1704 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo Horseman with Groom and Dog ca. 1740-50 etching British Museum |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo One of the Hours holding the Bridle of one of the Horses of the Sun ca. 1750-53 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jean Huber Voltaire taming a Horse ca. 1750-75 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Joshua Reynolds An Officer on Horseback ca. 1760-70 oil on canvas Dulwich Picture Gallery, London |
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| Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Captain George K.H. Coussmaker 1782 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| George Stubbs Otho, with John Larkin up 1768 oil on canvas Tate Gallery |
High Horses
Way up there, so high and well fed
they seem to be gods
or at least ridden by gods,
the high horses walk – so well bred
little disturbs them. Sedately,
they show off their steps,
canter right, canter left . . . perhaps
a brief trot, the perfect lifting of one knee
after another, and then
that exquisite gallop, that arrogance
of the totally convinced,
that disdain. . . . Then down
off the high horses
come their riders at last,
little men of the past,
clad in bright silken colors.
– Dick Allen (2004)
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| George Stubbs Horse frightened by a Lion 1770 oil on canvas Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Henry Fuseli after Leonardo da Vinci Battle of the Standard 1777 drawing British Museum |
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| Giandomenico Tiepolo Landscape with Horseman resting from the Hunt after 1770 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Giandomenico Tiepolo Head of a Horse late 18th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francis Wheatley Portrait of Benjamin Bond Hopkins before 1791 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| George Morland Morning, or, The Benevolent Sportsman 1792 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Anonymous Artist Mounted Warrior fighting an Amazon (after terracotta Campana relief in the collection of Charles Townley) late 18th century wash drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Artist Eros riding a Horse (after an antique gem in the collection of Charles Townley) late 18th century wash drawing British Museum |