Vernet: A Family of Painters
Four Generations of Painters Spanning More Than Three Centuries (1689–1863) Written by: Claudia Dijkstra Crommelin*1 The first generation of this celebrated family was Antoine Vernet, born in Avignon in 1689 and died in 1753. Antoine was a painter of landscapes and a decorator of carriages. He had 22 children, of whom only 13 survived; four…
Welcome, Claudia Dijkstra!
The Horse in Word and Picture would like to welcome another authority on Arabian horse breeding and on Arabian horse prints and books. Claudia Dijkstra has kindly agreed to write for the blog, and to share her knowledge with our cherished readers and the broader Arabian horse community. The following is the short biography that…
Welcome, Joseph Ferriss!
Joseph Ferriss will collaborate with me on presenting food for thought to SE and all Arabian horse breeders.
Al-Mirmah in International Publications
In the International Members e-Magazine, one of the publications of RPS, published an article I wrote about my current photo project on al-Mirmah, one of Upper Egypt’s equestrian traditions.
RAS Studbooks After 1952
A case study of RAS Vol. I also known as History of Arabian Horse Breeding in Egypt For the purpose of providing accurate transliteration and pronunciation of some Arabic words and names, I have used the Arabic romanization system established by the Library of Congress. It has been almost 18 years since I bought RAS…
El Nasser Shaarawi
Shaarawi’s El Nasser was an Arabian horse, six years old in 1936, who began his racing career in 1933/1934 at the age of four. This information can easily cause confusion, as anyone reading that entry in the calendars might mistake Shaarawi’s El Nasser with the Anglo-Arabian El Nasser, who never set foot in Egypt.
Rania Returns to the Art Scene
Immediately, I decided on submitting my portfolio of the equestrian tradition of Upper Egypt, ‘al-Mirmah’. Although there is another portfolio of Arabian horses, I believed that that of ‘al-Mirmah’ is more suitable for the exhibition audience. I was right.
THE 1968 General Stud book
I purchased this Arabic edition of the 1968 General Studbook, prefaced by Dr. Amin Zaher, last year from El Zahraa library, together with other English and Arabic stud books. To my surprise, some Arabian horse breeders do not know that it is available for purchase!!! Mind you, it has not been translated into English, nevertheless…
The Importance of The Levant and Anatolia to Egypt: in Ancient and Modern Times
I was preparing an article and needed to consult Ashoub’s History of the Royal Agricultural Society’s Stud of Authentic Arabian Horses. Pages 33 and 34 of the Arabic version of the book discuss the crisis faced by the Horse Commission, which was chaired by the late HRH Omar Tousson, when the Ottoman government prohibited the…
Immortalizing The Pharaoh’s Mares
The ring shown in the picture above is displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. It dates back to the Ramesside period, specifically the end of the 19th Dynasty. It is believed to have been commissioned and owned by Ramesses II. He had this ring commissioned to commemorate his two mares. They drew his…
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