Original Engraving of the Duke of Newcastle Horseback Riding

€ 710

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Sheet size: 44.2 × 53 cm (17.4 × 20.9 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-13361-74

Condition

Wear consistent with age and use. Age-related toning. Original folding line. Split on folding line. Some wear and soiling. Narrow right margin. Few small pieces of tape on verso, no text. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'La Vraije Methode pour les passades (.)'. Original old print of the Duke of Newcastle enacting half turns, canters and pirouettes on horseback. This print originates from the 1737 English edition of Cavendish's exposition on the theory and practice of equestrian dressage 'La Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux'. William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, lost his fortune and title after the Battle of Marston Moor and went into exile on the continent. Whilst in Paris, he purchased eight Barbary horses, set up a manege and developed his own training methods.