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Tagged With: horses

Agricultural Labor Plate 1 from Diderot’s Encyclopedia 1762

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Kevin Carter

Diderot and D’Alembert Detail: farm, field, farmers, workers, horses, plow, roller, harrow, seeds, windmill

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Rochefort Arsenal – Joseph Vernet 1761

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Kevin Carter

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

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The Army of Louis XIV in front of Tournai – Meulen 1684

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Kevin Carter

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

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Departure from a French Inn – Grimm 1775

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kevin Carter

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733-1794 Caricature illustration for a book. Detail: postilion, boots, ladies clothing, horses, wooden shoes

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Soldier with Country Women Selling Ribbons – Wheatley 1788

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Jon Townsend

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

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