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[Equestrian exercises]

Title
[Equestrian exercises] [graphic].
Publication
[16--?]

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Description
1 print : etching, engraving?, b&w; 24 x 35 cm., plate mark 19 x 26 cm.
Summary
Possibly a plate from an unidentified festival book or illustrated history. Depiction of nine horsemen engaged in various warlike exercises. Eight of the horsemen are armed with lances or long swords. The ninth appears to be armed with a firearm, which emits a cloud of smoke. A lone man, whose clothing suggests that he is a servant, is on foot with two weapons in his hands.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Etchings.
Note
  • At upper right: T. LXXI.
  • At lower left: V.ü.d.K.IIAb.IIITh.
  • At lower right: M. [Moyen?] âge T. III.
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Biography (note)
  • The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library also holds five other prints bearing the same notations at lower left and right, depicting performances or festivities of various sorts. Although the others are hand-colored, this print may belong to the same group.
Call Number
*MGZFX Equ 1
OCLC
825556223
Title
[Equestrian exercises] [graphic].
Imprint
[16--?]
Biography
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library also holds five other prints bearing the same notations at lower left and right, depicting performances or festivities of various sorts. Although the others are hand-colored, this print may belong to the same group.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
For five other prints with the same notations at bottom, see: *MGZFD Fes 1-5.
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Research Call Number
*MGZFX Equ 1
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