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Lot 2329
Two Early Equestrian Engravings, from Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux (A New Method and Extraordinary Invention to School Horses)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Hand-colored engravings, 17th or 18th century, to include a portrait of King Charles II on horseback and an illustrated page of dressage movements, text by William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle and full title reads Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux (A New Method and Extraordinary Invention to School Horses) and/or A General System of Horsemanship in All its Branches, in uniform matting and framing.

Frame dimensions 27 1/2 x 31 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Orange County, Virginia

Foxing; some sheet waviness; one with edge tear and several sheet nicks; not examined out of frames.