Dutch Horses XIX century - Wouterus Verschuur

 Salvete Omnes,

another teacher to Anton Mauve was Wouterus Verschuur(died 1874), an equestrian painter of the first class.

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more on Wiki Commons etc

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Vaclav Hollar - horse & rider, cart & wagon

 Salvete Omnes,

back to the XVII century: more riding and draft horses, carts  and wagons of our Bohemian-English artist - Vaclav Wenceclas Hollar.

mantelzak behind the rider

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J.G. Pforr - more peasant horses & car-stake or stake-brace

 Salvete Omnes,

just for the beauty and enjoyment - works of Johann G. Pforr

the wagon images demonstrate  the use of car-stake or stake-brace*

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the car-stakes[1] seemed to have been an eastern European invention 

[1] lusnia[ luśnia ] in Polish - in Polish Wikipedia,  and  klonica[kłonica]  which holds the ladders in place - - see the description in  Polish Wikipedia. 
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and a horse market scene somewhere in Saxony? - 

* Laszlo Tarr, The History of the Carriage, New York, 1969, page 175  & two plates XLII & XLIII.

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J.G. Pforr - peasant and draft horses

 Salvete Omnes,

back to Pforr's fabulous drawings and paintings of  horses - 

there is lots of realism in this picture - these working horses have rope and collar burns and other work-related injuries

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and some closeups & details 

clearly visible withers -neck injury from collar 

all these plates are gouaches, inks and watercolor 

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