Sir Briggs and other horses by De Prades

 Salvete Omnes,

Tredegar House obelisk, Wales, UK

  from the English countryside come this unusual obelisk to commemorate a horse - a 15 hands tall bay stallion named Sir Briggs. Briggs went to the Crimean War theater as a mount for Captain Godfrey Morgan, of 17th Lancers aka Light Dragoons UK, and galloped with his rider into the Valley of Death during the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Probably in 1854 Sir Briggs, then still just Briggs, was painted by Alfred F. de Prades (French-English, 1825-1885), one of the XIX century British Empire preeminent equestrian and portrait painters.

Sir Briggs lived through the war and died, age 28, at Morgan's estate in 1874.

and here in Cardiff, Morgan and Sir Briggs sculpted in full lancer and war steed glory on a pedestal

sculpture by sir William Goscombe John

Below,  some more of Alfred F. de Prades' works:

starting with his canvas from 1838, when he was but a 13 years old boy.

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a portrait of a horse

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@ Christies

enjoy

Valete