The British Thoroughbred 1700-1850

Description:

Reproducing Sixteen Original Paintings by the Masters of Horse Portraiture. With Detailed Biographical Commentaries on the Horses. The book illustrates outstanding horse painters 1700-1850. The famous horses depicted are: Flying Childers, Second, Gimcrack, Eclipse, Diomed, Dungannon, Eleanor, Phantom, Lottery, Matilda,.Mameluke, Riddlesworth, Touchstone, Plenipotentiary, Elis and Crucifix. The artists are James Seymour, George Stubbs, John Nost Sartorius, Edwin Cooper, Ben Marshall, J F Herring (Senr), John Ferneley, A. Cooper and Harry Hall.

Condition

Fo., orig. card covers in d/w (d/w with a few short tears- some minor loss). In removable protective plastic sleeve. Vg.