I found another sektch by Jerzy Kossak, painter I mentioned yesterday, showing winged hussars and a 'pancerny' (mailed) cavalryman of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Nota benethe horses here have unmistakable Arabian descent, especially the bay stallion in the foreground. Please note that in XIX and XX centurie photographs and paintings Circassian (Adyge) and Khevsur ( wikipedia Khevsureti )warriors looked very similar to the pancerny Polish-Lithuanian cavalrymen
Circassians in Aleksander Orłowski's art pinakoteka zascianek Orlowski :
In Sir William Allan painting - note the horse and his furniture, this is XIX century painting by a Scotish painter who visited the Caucasus mountains wikipedia William Allan painter
Photos of Circassians and Khevsur from before the Bolshevik Revolution
And the ''real McCoy'' - XVII century image of such 'pancerny' ''towarzysz'' (companion)
Those drawings by Orlowski looks great!
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