Posts Tagged With: horses

Agricultural Labor Plate 1 from Diderot’s Encyclopedia 1762

Diderot and D’Alembert

Detail: farm, field, farmers, workers, horses, plow, roller, harrow, seeds, windmill

Categories: 18th Century, Engraving, French | Tags: farm, farmers, field, harrow, horses, plow, roller, seeds, windmill, workers | Leave a comment

Claude-Joseph Vernet ( 1714 – 1789 )

Detail: naval port, iron cook pot, copper kettle, copper fry pan, barrel, bundles, boat, sailor, man of war, ship, horses, fire, boat crew, basket

Adam Frans van der Meulen 1632 - 1690

Maybe we should get a striped marquee for our next show tent.

Detail: army, horses, tent, soldiers, blankets, chest, muskets, baggage

Categories: 17th Century, French, Painting | Tags: army, baggage, blankets, chest, horses, muskets, soldiers, tent | Leave a comment

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733-1794

Caricature illustration for a book.

Detail: postilion, boots, ladies clothing, horses, wooden shoes

Categories: 18th Century, Swiss, Watercolor | Tags: boots, horses, ladies clothing, postilion, wooden shoes | Leave a comment

Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from Yale Center for British Art

That wagon looks dangerously overloaded.

Detail: tents, horses, wagon, wagoner, dragoon, ribbons, baskets, straw hat, smock, shawl, baby, shoes, buckles