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The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy on Pinterest: Late Antiquity and Dark Age

Author John RoycePosted on August 12, 2013July 22, 2015Categories Book I: Historical background for "Horses of Fire" (100 AD)Tags Information

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‘The Great Horse’ trilogy on Pinterest

Lady Portarlington on a Grey Horse, 1845, by Charles Hancock (1802-1877)Black-Figured Lekythos, c. 500 BC Greece, late 6th century BCHorse of War | From George Washington's beloved sorrel to a little mare who braved the front lines of the Korean War, here are five unsung equine heroes.
Solace by TeaTori.deviantart.com on @deviantARTWarrior: the real Thoroughbred War Horse the Germans couldn't kill - who braved the bullets, barbed wire and shell fire of World War I. Warrior carried General Jack Seely of the Canadian cavalry throughout the war and his bravery is documented in Warrior: the Amazing Story of a Real War Horse wrote by General Jack Seely in 1934. Pictured: Queen Mary meets Jack Seely and WarriorPegasus Foal! ;)
Horsewoman 1832 Karl Bryullov (1799-1852)Lakonian black-figured kylix, c. 550–530 B.C."In the Swan's Shadow: The Rider Kipler, on Her Black Mare," Alfred de Dreaux (1810-1860) was a French portrait and animal painter, best known for his scenes with horses.
Circle of Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano) (Italian, 1611–1690). Study for a Horse's Head, ca. 1650. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957 (57.658.91)Bronze horse bit Near Eastern, Iranian, Luristan, Iron Age, 7th–4th century B.C. (MFA)Never Before Published World War One Photographs Revealed
The Most Powerful Images Of World War I'Horse with a Youth in Blue' (1905–6) by Pablo PicassoA single-handed cup with with a chariot race of amors in the Circus Maximus. Silver with traces of gilding. 1st century BCE—1st century CE. H. 8 cm, d. 9.5 cm, weight 355 g. Inv. No. 145510. Naples, National Archaeological Museum. Origin: The cup is a part of a silver deposit uncovered in the basement of the Casa del Menandro Pompeii in 1930. In the cellar, wrapped up in textiles and placed in the bottom of a wooden chest, were 118 pieces of silver plate, of varying ages and style
Mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale, a Roman villa built in the first quarter of the 4th century. Located about 3 km outside of Sicily in southern Italy, the site contains the richest, largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world.Horse Bit, 600–800 Visigothic or Byzantine Iron inlaid with copper alloy, gold, and silver 7 x 11 3/4 in. (17.8 x 29.8 cm) Met MuseumOrpheus taming animals with his lyre (ca.194 A.D.) - After determining that the mosaic purchased in 1999 had probably been stolen from a Turkish archaeological site, the Dallas Museum of Art has returned the piece to Turkey.
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