Ancient Egypt horses, stallion & mares - a 'libre' article

 Salvete Omnes,

from the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (2026) comes this article:

On Stallions and Mares: Gendering of War Horses used in Ancient Egypt.  by Uros Matic & Loneke Delpeut.  - so perhaps you may find this approach to horse history of interest 

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Article is nicely illustrated too. 

enjoy

Valete

Encyclopedia of Sport (Hunting) - Arabian horse

 Salvete Omnes,

Our great library Archive is back on line and working, after the attack, and I would like to bring to your attention to one of their books, or rather a chapter in this book.

 

The Encyclopedia of Sport (mostly hunting) - published in London, UK in 1897AD, in the volume I contains a chapter on the Arabian horse -

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Valete

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 

Valete

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.

Valete