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Draw reins in the western riding disciplines are always attached to the rings of the cinch (a western-style girth), usually on each side of a western saddle, run through the bit rings (either inside to outside or vice versa, there is no firm rule, though the rein moves more smoothly if the inside goes to the girth and the outside to the hand), and then to the hands of the rider.
Stubbs's Molly Long-legs with her Jockey (1761–62), a more typical racehorse portrait (101 × 127 cm). Stubbs's knowledge of equine physiology was unsurpassed by any painter; he had studied anatomy at York and, from 1756, he spent 18 months in Lincolnshire where he carried out dissections and experiments on dead horses to better understand the animal's physiology.
A brougham [a] is a 19th century four-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse. It was named after the politician and jurist Lord Brougham , who had this type of carriage built to his specification by London coachbuilder Robinson & Cook in 1838.
The equine image was common in ancient Egyptian and Grecian art, more refined images displaying greater knowledge of equine anatomy appeared in Classical Greece and later Roman work. [3] Horse-drawn chariots were commonly depicted in ancient works, for example on the Standard of Ur circa 2500BC.
Butterfield has said, "I first used the horse images as a metaphorical substitute for myself – it was a way of doing a self-portrait one step removed from the specificity of Deborah Butterfield." [7] She also said, "These first horses were huge plaster mares whose presence was extremely gentle calm. They were at rest, and in complete ...
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Title: Red Horse drawing of cavalry troops on horseback at Little Bighorn, 1881. Contained in: Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. Phy. Description: 1 drawing : graphite, colored pencil, and ink ; 61 x 92 cm. Digital Reference: Image Place of creation: United States South Dakota Cheyenne River Agency.