George Henry Laporte

 Salvete Omnes,

 today is Saturday and a good day to show some artwork by George Hnery Laporte, XIX century  English painter of Huguenot descent.

He was a son of John Laporte, a noted English watercolorist.

So without much ado - here are some of his fine equestrian works -

Arabian horse theme:

Tate Gallery - mare and foal and an attendant 

from Sothebys Orientalist Sale -

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from Hungarian National Gallery 

enjoy 

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Friedrich Gauermann - mid-XIX century Austrian peasants and their horses

 Salvete Omnes,

a quick entry: this portfolio is  full of colorful pictures of the  Alpine peasant life of the Austrian Crown lands -  Friedrich Gauermann (1807- 1862).

son of Jacob (painter from Württemberg, who eventually settled in Austrian Empire, where he died in 1843)

Friedrich's paintings: 

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and the last scene - not unlike American frontier's scene - just mountain folks trying their carbines and muskets, with a wagon in a background.

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