In the spirit of Halloween

 Salvete Omnes,

American Halloween has conquered the world, one could say - well, then some images in the spirit of Halloween.

Arabian horse

Eclipse 

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Enjoy

ps All Saints day tomorrow 

Valete

Godolphin Barb & Arabian

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The Godolphin Barb - foaled in 1724AD, died 1753.  

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detail from George Stubbs' painting

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Byerley Turk & Darley Arabian

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perusing the Archive world library I cam across some late 1800s/early 1900s books on the English racing  horses. eg this book:The Famous horses.

It contains the description of the earliest known race horse in England in the XVII century and early XVIII century. The imports - Arabian, Turkish, Tatar and Barb stallions were raced and the best bred with local English mares.

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. Darley Arabian was one of the early imports

Roger Upton, in his book Newmarket and Arabia wrote these pages -

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to be con.
enjoy

Valete

John A. Harrington Bird - Arabians & illustrations

 Salvete Omnes,

so the fever of our US elections (Nov 5.) slowly has bee going down. 
Now we would like to see the peace process in Europe and Middle East to start at full gallop, wouldn't we? . 

And this afternoon let me share this little corralled gallery of works by John Alexander Harrington Bird (1846-1935/6).

Harrington Bird was a British painter and illustrator, also known for this depictions of Orientalist-in-style Arabian horse scenes.
Harrington Bird studied at the Royal Academy in London, went to Montreal, British Canada, and worked  and exhibited  there until returning to London in 1885. He exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists on Suffolk Street in London.  
His work was popularized through many prints published after his paintings. 

Arab stallion and mare - from Christies.

He painted the famous Skowronek, Polish Arabian stallion that was not a racehorse but a sire, - here the image of this painting from Invaluable auction site .

From Christies - Grey and bay Arabians with a groom - 

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some of his illustrations from Archive world library collections.

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Enjoy

Valete