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Description: | A white horse standing in left profile with reins but no saddle. The bridle is covered by a head collar, and the halter rope exits the frame to the left. It stands in a schooling ring against a dark background and below the letter D'. It has a cropped or docked tail. It has been suggested that the D refers to the picture's attribution to Delacroix and it is possible that this meaning is included, either as evidence of authorship by Delacroix or in homage to him, but such letters are found in all schooling rings, great and humble, to the present day. Usually the letters A to F,G or H are mounted at a suitable height to be seen by a rider and act as reference points for rider and instructor as the horse is put through its paces in what is called dressage | Subjects: | animal (horse) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Perignon, Alexis Joseph (French artist, 1806-1882) Æ Attributed to Attributed to Delacroix, Eugène (French painter, 1798-1863) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9202... | Go to resource |
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