The Knight, Death, and the Devil
From an engraving by Albert DÜrer. | Frontispiece |
Combat between Amazons and Attic heroes. Fourth century, B.C.
From a Greek vase in the British Museum. | 19 |
| Greek coins showing horses in the early centuries before Christ | 27 |
1. The Emperor Trajan, showing Roman style of riding
2. The Emperor Theodosius, showing saddle
3. A Parthian horseman, showing Parthian style of riding bareback
4. Sarmatian horse and warrior, meant to represent horse and rider in armour made of plates of bone or of horse-hoof | 33 |
| A portion of the Parthenon Frieze, executed by Phidias about the year 440 B.C. | 39 |
Roman soldier about to adjust “stocking” used in place of shoes
From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” | 44 |
Roman soldier about to mount on off side
From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” | 44 |
A Mauritanian horseman, showing how the Mauritanians and Humidians rode without saddle or bridle
From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” | 44 |
Alexander the Great on horseback, about 338 B.C. The figure is believed to represent Bucephalus
From a bronze in the British Museum. | 55 |
Persians fighting with elephants against the Romans, about the time of Pyrrhus, 280 B.C. This picture has been wrongly attributed to Raphael
From an engraving. | 62 |
Caligula on horseback. About 37 A.D.
From a figure in the British Museum. | 79 |
| Bayeux tapestry supposed to represent the Battle of Hastings, 1066 | 110 |
Statue of Colleoni by Verrocchio in Venice
From a photo by R. Anderson, Rome. | 203 |
Van Dyck's famous picture of Charles I. on horseback in the National Gallery, London
From a photo by Franz HanfstÆngl. | 225 |
Oliver Cromwell on horseback
After the painting by Van Dyck. | 233 |
Horses of the Cavaliers, seventeenth century. From a painting in the possession of his Majesty King Edward VII.
From a photograph by Franz HanfstÆngl. | 243 |
The Duke of Schonberg on a typical charger of the early seventeenth century
After the painting by Sir G. Kneller. | 257 |
Flying Childers, bred by Mr Leonard Childers in 1715, is said to have been “the fastest horse that has ever lived”
From a photograph by A. Rischgitz. | 269 |
Mr O'Kelly's Eclipse, the most famous thoroughbred stallion ever foaled, 1764
After the painting by G. Stubbs. | 273 |
Napoleon at Wagram
From the famous painting by Vernet at Versailles.
From a photo by Neurdein frÈres. | 279 |
Wellington's famous horse, Copenhagen
From an engraving (Photo by A. Rischgitz). | 280 |
Flying Dutchman, foaled 1846
From a life-size painting by Herring. By kind permission of the Earl of Rosebery.
From a photograph by W. E. Gray. | 285 |
