Waclaw Rzewuski - sketches IV

 Salvete Omnes,

in 2018 I shared some of the horse-related drawings and sketches by the famous Arabian horse breeder and Polish nobleman - count & emir Waclaw Rzewuski.

Perusing Polish National Library digital archives - Polona -  I came across this collection of letters by emir Rzewuski. And there were two sketches in there worth sharing with you.

Also, the same library has digitized this pencil drawing.

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and some more images from the wonderful manuscript - Sur les chevaux orientaux et provenants des races orientales. Also held at the National Library of Poland.

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enjoy

Valete

Happy New Year - Feliz Ano Nuevo - Do Siego Roku

Salvete Omnes,

 

last posting of this 2023 - the old year is about to finish its course..

I wish you  Happy New Year, Feliz ano Nuevo & Do Siego Roku 2024 - may pace return to the Holy Land, Africa and Europe. 

some old, a century old or more Polish greeting cards from Polona (Polish) National Library 

a page adornment from a book printed at the Maciej Wierzbieta's print shop in Krakow, 1585

enjoy 

Valete

Century-Old Polish Christmas cards

 Salvete Omnes,

and so on this Friday the joys of  Christmas are around the corner and with that  family & friends-oriented time in mind I would like to share with you all the old Polish Christmas cards with some horse etc theme - (Polona, Polish National Library digital collection)

enjoy -:) 

Valete

Horses in Arthur Rackham's illustrations

 Salvete Omnes,

today we are having a bit frivolous a subject - the fantasy art of Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) and the pure beauty and pleasure of viewing these plates and sketches - his book illustrations can be viewed via Archive or Wiki Commons etc (there are a few on the  FBC-Polish digital libraries site).

Maestro Arthur - quite enjoyable presentation on this page via Ytube - was a titan of  masterful illustration, with hundreds upon hundreds finished plates of most fabulous and imaginative art and many more sketches etc . Apart from multitudes of faeries, witches, goblins, magical themes, trees and human subjects there are also animals.
However, my beloved horses and equestrian subjects are not that frequent, and yet when and where they appear they are masterfully done.

I am enclosing some of these beauties for our enjoyment - enjoy tour weekend and may peace return to the world.

Poe's Tales of Mystery, Aesop's Fables, Gulliver's Travels, King Arthur's Romance, The Ring of the Niblungs etc:

Valete