Salvete Omnes,
yesterday I posted about the embarkation of cavalry horses in the XVIII century Britain and a little about the British/English light dragoon regiments in the period right before their expedition to Flanders etc at the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Today, I will take this opportunity to visit maestro George Stubbs' atelier where a little quite appropriate image can be found.
Namely, maestro George Stubbs was and still is a world-famous equestrian painter. As any visit to Wiki Commons, my favorite net galleries, will show that master George painted herds of horse and his work is just outstanding. And among his paintings there is one canvass painted in 1793 of the light dragoon figures.
 |
| Stubbs' painting of the Prince of Wales done circa 1791 - a splendid liver chestnut stallion |
According to a book in my home library - by Venetia Morrison - master painter was commissioned by the Prince of Wales to paint a canvass, eventually titled The Soldiers of the 10th Light Dragoons. (pages 102-105). Prince, later on His Royal Majesty George IV of Britain, was the Colonel Commandant of this regiment at the time.
Note that during the same year maestro Stubbs painted another horse related canvass for the Prince of Wales.
 |
| the colors of the uniform are odd, but the color of the horse and other details are more clearly visible |
Better photo of this painting on the 10th Hussars Regiment wiki page.
There is another interesting equestrian painting of the Prince, but of 1809AD and by a different painter, so we will save it for another day.
Valete
No comments:
Post a Comment