French horses - J.G. Pforr

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in his book History and Art of Horsemanship' Richard Berenger, gentleman of the Horses to his Majesty George III of Great Britain, wrote about the French horses (1770s):

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Johann Georg Pforr's French draft horses

Arthur Young, esquire, who traveled in the French realm in 1787-89,  wrote the following about the horses he encountered in the pre-Revolution French lands -

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J.G. Pforr - Neapolitan horse

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continuing with the maestro Pforr's horses and some horse description from the XVIII century, we have come to the Neapolitan horse of the period -

Stallions - dapple grey  and bay

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Neapolitan horses and Italian horses in general were famously desired as noble steeds, splendorous coach horses and knightly chargers during the late Medieval and  early modern periods. With the invention of the courtly riding and dressage they became more of the horses of pomp and for parade etc..

beautiful eye, pointy ears, and clearly visible Roman nose

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noble horse through and through 

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from Sportsman's Dictionary - 

Dabrowski's Polish Legion in Italy during the Napoleonic period had this interesting Neapolitan horse experience in 1790s, turning some of this  infantrymen-by-necessity  into true lancers, but we may tell that story some other time I hope
to be continued 

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J.G. Pforr - Hungarian horse, for war and range

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from the XVIII century horse stable by Johann Georg Pforr comes the Hungarian Horse -

The Sportsman's Dictionary entry - 1770s

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and a hussar with a cloak and typical hussar tack

Hungarian Hussar and his horse, a detail from a large r painting 

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J.G. Pforr - Arabian horses

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another great Johann Georg Pforr's piece -  his two Arabian horses

Arabians back and croup

and their hooves 

and a little tent in a background

and how the already mentioned XVIII century The Sportsman's Dictionary saw the Arabian horse

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Polish horses by Bellotto & British Sportsman's Dictionary - XVIII century

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a  groom with a magnificent grey horse painted by Bernardo Bellotto

in the British publication titled The Sportsman's Dictionary (the title is longish, there were various editions throughout the XVII century - her  1778 AD edition Archive link) there is this description of the Polish horse, among many others:

the 1744 edition - 

.. more horses by Bellotto in Warsaw environs - 

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J.G. Pforr - Spanish horses

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back to Herr Johann G. Pforr and his horse art - here a scene as conjured by maestro's brushes

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and some primary sources from the XVIII century: 

a fragment of letter from 1759 - 

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Compleat Horseman - early XVIII c (much after Duke of Newcastle)

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Pforr's stable to be continued - :) 

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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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