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18th century dressage illustration.

18th century dressage illustration. "L Esperance". Eisenberg Horse Management.

by Eisenberg, Baron

Horse Riding Dressage in the 18th century. "L'Esperance" - similar to "Le Diligent".

Reproduction from a copperplate engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733), for “L’art de monte a cheval ou description du manege moderne dans sa perfection” (The Art of Proper Horsemanship), by Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron Rais d’Eisenberg (c.1700-c.1770), originally published in Amsterdam circa 1759.

Baron Reis d'Eisenberg was a renowned horseman, and riding master to the Court of the Hapsburgs. He was an amateur artist who wrote and illustrated the work with fifty-five illustrations of school movements, after being commissioned to do so by the Tenth Earl of Pembroke. The original drawings now hang at Wilton House, England.

Reproduced on cream paper. Size to border, 215 x 295mm (8.1/2 x 11.7/8 inches). This is a single print, hand-coloured with gold-trimmed mid-blue outfit and black boots, on a bay (light-brown) horse.

Stock Number: DA129Price: $40.00

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