. Points of the horse; a treatise on the conformation, movements, breeds and evolution of the horse. Horses. 312 THE PAINTERS HORSE, 399). Meissonier drew horses with marvellous correctness, as we may see in his ** Napoleon i'^" (Fig. 400), and in '*i8i4" (Fig. 401). He was not alone attentive to truth in the proportions of his horses ; but was also singularly happy in catching the character of different classes and. Fig 399—Horse and Rider in ihe Parthenon breeds : for instance, compare (leaving out the question of attitude) the Arab horse in Fig. 400 with that in Fig. 281. Some rep
. Points of the horse; a treatise on the conformation, movements, breeds and evolution of the horse. Horses. 312 THE PAINTERS HORSE, 399). Meissonier drew horses with marvellous correctness, as we may see in his ** Napoleon i'^" (Fig. 400), and in '*i8i4" (Fig. 401). He was not alone attentive to truth in the proportions of his horses ; but was also singularly happy in catching the character of different classes and. Fig 399—Horse and Rider in ihe Parthenon breeds : for instance, compare (leaving out the question of attitude) the Arab horse in Fig. 400 with that in Fig. 281. Some represent the walk by the action of the trot. Even G6ricault gave the movements of the amble for those of the walk, as Duhousset shows us in Le Cheval, A well-known English artist drew a picture of Napoleon's charger, Marengo (Fig. 407), balancing himself on a fore and hind leg of the same side! Artists of the present time have no excuse for similar lapses into error; for they have the results of the researches of Marey, Muybridge, Anschutz, and other photographers to guide them. Photography proves that the walk (Figs. 402, 403, 404, and some of the series, Figs. 96 to 106), trot (Figs. 69, 208 and 405),. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842-1904. London, W. Thacker & co
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