The horse and its heritage

Victor Hugo, Melancholia II. The Contemplations, 1838.

The heavy cart holds an enormous stone; The work horse sweats from bit to croupier, Pulls (...)
Complainte of the little white horse.
Paul Fort, Les Ballades françaises, 1896-1958.

Published in 1908, this highly popular poem was set to music by Georges Brassens in 1952. (...)
Horse lowered into a mine Émile Zola, Germinal, 1885

« But work was continuing in the pits: the signalling hammer beat four times; a horse (...)
Jules Janin, A Summer in Paris, 1843, pp.137-141

From 1838 to 1848, Baucher presented a horse show, which was the talk of all Paris, to the (...)
Jules Janin, Un été à Paris, 1843, pp. 137-141

Circus riders "Never was there a greater assemblage of difficulties, a more slippery (...)
An imaginary scene: the hunt into the abyss at Solutré

Adrien Cranile (Arcelin), Solutré, 1872 "At sunset, a beautiful sight awaited (...)
Crafty, Paris à cheval
[Paris on horseback],
Paris : Plon-Nourrit, 1883

"Ralli cars and basket wagons hitched to tiny ponies and driven by the delicate hands of (...)
Jules Pellier, Le langage équestre, 2^nd edition, 1900 (reissued in 1993 by J.-M. Place)

The opinion of an expert in falconry on horseback: interview with Henri Desmonts, 2012 (part. 1)

Today the general public unfortunately associates falconry on horseback to a spectacle (...)
Crafty, Paris à cheval
[Paris on horseback],
Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1883

[The victoria is favoured by ravishing beauties] "The little space it occupies (...)
The opinion of an expert in falconry on horseback: interview with Henri Desmonts, 2012 (part2)

There are several equestrian disciplines in which lightness is a major advantage, and (...)
Horse tack, riding equipment. Interview with Henri Desmonts, 2012.

Horse tack, riding equipment Saddle: If you fly several hawks at the same time you will be (...)
Mounting on the near side or off side. Interview with Henri Desmonts, 2012.

Mounting on the near side or off side The question is worth looking into. Emperor Frederick (...)
Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education, 1869

[The action takes place in 1848] "Then there swept past him with a glitter of copper and (...)
Mémoires secrets pour servir à l'histoire de la République des lettres en France [Secret Memoirs Serving as a History of the Republic of Letters in France], London, 1783-1789, Tome 21, p. 24-25, by Louis Petit de Bachaumont...
Théophile Gautier, Histoire de l'art dramatique depuis vingt-cinq ans [The History of Dramatic Art in the Last Twenty-Five Years], Leipzig, éditions Hetzel, 1858, p.14, 24 july 1837.

Émile Zola: The Kill (Paris, 1872).

"On the way back, in the crush of carriages returning via the lakeshore, the barouche was (...)
Charles Baudelaire: The Painter of Modern Life

[Praise for Constantin Guys, first published in 1863]"I have already said that M. Guy's brush, (...)
François Robichon de la Guérinière (1688 – 1751)

Riding master of the king at the Tuileries indoor school, he started a reputable horse riding (...)
Jean-Baptiste Cordier (1771 – 1849)

Riding master at the Saumur indoor school from 1815 to 1822, then head riding master at (...)
School jumps

The three school jumps (courbette, croupade and cabriole) were introduced in Saumur by (...)
François Baucher (1773 – 1873)

He presented his horse Partisan at the circus. The author of Méthode (...)
The "Isard sur le Pic" balanced horse position

This balanced position enables the mobility of the horse in its normal movements.
Modification of two school jumps: the courbette and the croupade.

Abri Duruthy (Sorde-l’Abbaye, Landes): sandstone horse in the round

Discovered in 1872, the Palaeolithic deposit at the Duruthy rock shelter was excavated (...)
Le Roc-aux-Sorciers, (Angles-sur-l'Anglin, Vienne)

At the Roc-aux-Sorciers rock shelter (15,000 BP), the horse’s place is more marginal, as the (...)
Palaeolithic Cap Blanc rock shelter (Marquay, Dordogne). Frieze sculpted on the back vertical wall

The sculpture bears witness to a rare technique in rock art, seen at several sites that are not (...)
Watermarks on paper from the Amboise city archives (15th century).

Palaeolithic Cap Blanc rock shelter (Marquay, Dordogne). Frieze sculpted on the back vertical wall.
Palaeolithic Cap Blanc rock shelter (Marquay, Dordogne). Frieze sculpted on the back vertical wall.

Detail of the horse head at the left end, with the modelling of the nostrils, lips and lower (...)
Palaeolithic Cap Blanc rock shelter (Marquay, Dordogne). Frieze sculpted on the back vertical wall.

Central part of the frieze, occupied by the largest horse (15,000 BP).
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (Ardèche): panel of horses in the Alcove of the Lions

With forty depictions spread across the entire cave, the horse is the fourth most depicted (...)
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (Ardèche): panel with horses, right side

Depiction of four horses with stump-enhanced heads The veil of iron-oxide coloured calcite on (...)

Niaux Cave (Ariège): large horse in the Black Hall

The Niaux cave consists of a set of galleries covering over 2km and integrated into a vast (...)
Lascaux Cave (Montignac, Dordogne): digital copy of the Axial Diverticulum, panel of Chinese horses.
Lascaux Cave (Montignac, Dordogne): Red Cow and First Chinese Horse

At the Lascaux Cave (19,000 BP), the two most depicted species are the cow and the horse. They (...)
Lascaux Cave (Montignac, Dordogne): Red Cow and First Chinese Horse

At the Lascaux Cave (19,000 BP), the two most depicted species are the cow and the horse. They (...)
Lascaux Cave (Montignac, Dordogne): Third Chinese Horse

The third “Chinese Horse” depicts a model that proves particularly elaborate contours (...)
Lascaux Cave (Montignac, Dordogne): Second Chinese Horse
Pech-Merle Cave (Cabrerets, Lot): panel of dotted horses (partial view)

The panel of dotted horses in the Pech-Merle Cave (20,000 BP) is a 4m-long set depicting two (...)
Pech-Merle Cave (Cabrerets, Lot): panel of dotted horses (partial view)

The panel of dotted horses in the Pech-Merle Cave (20,000 BP) is a 4m-long set depicting two (...)

Bruniquel (Tarn-et-Garonne): decorated-bone dart thrower known as “the jumping horse”

Created with reindeer antlers, this piece is traditionally regarded as a dart or spear thrower, (...)
Isturitz Cave (Pyrénées-Atlantiques): Cut contour horse head

A cut contour is a small piece of which the contour matches the silhouette of an animal or one (...)
Espélugues Cave (Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées): horse statuette

Excavated in the late 19th century, the Espélugues Cave harboured a rich deposit from (...)
Area of assumed distribution of wild horses in the 4^th millennium

Map taken from Archéologie du cheval [Archaeology of the Horse], by Arbogast, R.-M., (...)
Roissy chariot burial (Val d'Oise), 3^rd century BCE

The Roissy tombs demonstrate the importance of the horse-riding aristocracy in the Parisii (...)
Gondole (Le Cendre, Puy de Dôme), Gallic burial

The presence of horses in a Celtic burial is rare. The discovery of the Gondole tomb in (...)
Vix chariot burial (Vix, Côte d'Or). 6^th century BCE. Torque
Vix chariot burial (Vix, Côte d'Or). 6^th century BCE. Torque

Vix chariot burial (Vix, Côte d'Or). 6^th century BCE. Torque
Vix chariot burial (Vix, Côte d'Or). 6^th century BCE. Detail of the Vix krater
Vix chariot burial (Vix, Côte d'Or). 6^th century BCE

Originally covered by a tumulus, this tomb contained a woman’s body lying atop a four-wheeled (...)
Grave goods in the La Gorge-Meillet chariot burial (Marne), 4^th century BCE. Harnessing tools.
Celtic coin of Gaul: a gold stater of the Parisii. First half of 1^st century BCE

Coins appeared in Gaul around the 6th century BCE. From the 5th century onwards, certain Gallic (...)
Grave goods in the La Gorge-Meillet chariot burial (Marne), 4^th century BCE. Harnessing tools.
Thézy-Glimont (Somme), multiple burial, late Iron Age

The tomb unearthed in 2012 in Thézy-Glimont held a human, cattle and a horse. This (...)
The Arles circus at the time of Constantine, 1/100 scale model designed by museum archaeologists and P. Berger, with the help and guidance of G. Hallier (CNRS) and J. Humphrey (Ann Arbor University).

Lyon (Rhône), “circus game” mosaic discovered in the 19^th century in Presqu’île, Lyon 2^nd arrondissement. 2^nd-3^rd century BCE
Lyon (Rhône), “circus game” mosaic discovered in the 19^th century in Presqu’île, Lyon 2^nd arrondissement. 2^nd-3^rd century BCE
Lyon (Rhône), “circus game” mosaic discovered in the 19^th century in Presqu’île, Lyon 2^nd arrondissement. 2^nd-3^rd century BCE
Vienne circus, detail of the scale-model of old Vienne created by Frédéric Trouvé following restorations by Anne Le Bot Helly and Brigitte Sagnier.
Restoration of the pyramid and the Vienne circus barrier (Isère)

There is nothing left of the Vienne circus but the pyramid adorning the centre of a 250m-long (...)
Decorative medallion with racing scene, slipped terra cotta, discovered at Rue des Farges, Lyon 5^th arrondissement. 2^nd century BCE
Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), Town Hall square, obelisk

The central spina (barrier) of the Arles Roman circus was rediscovered in the 14th century. (...)
Vienne pyramid

Horse hunting at Solutré

The horses hunted at Solutré were indeed herded by hunters, but at the bottom of the cliff and (...)
Aerial view of the Solutré rock and its archaeological site (Saône-et-Loire)
Konik Polski horses (close to the Tarpans)

The Tarpan is a wild horse at times considered to be the ancestor of current horse breeds. (...)
14 July parade

The Republican Guard's large-scale escort of 157 horses is deployed on 14 July. It accompanies (...)
Joust of the appellant lord and the defending lord, from King René's Tournament Book, 1460.
David Aubert, Chroniques des empereurs [Chronicles of the Emperors], 1462

David Aubert, writer for the Duke of Burgundy from 1459. In this capacity, he collaborated with (...)
Guillaume Budé, Commentarii linguae graecae, Paris, Josse Bade

In 1008 or 1010, a group of settlers consisting of men, women and children moved to Colletière (...)
Harness roundels, Colletière (Isère), 11^th century

In 1008 or 1010, a group of settlers consisting of men, women and children moved to Colletière (...)

Toy: lead and tin horseman, 14^th century / Section of a triptych: Presentation in the Temple, detail: child playing on a wooden horse, painting, third quarter of 15^th century
Louis XII entering into Genoa, illumination by Jean Bourdichon, circa 1508

On 12 April 1507, after a blitz siege, Louis XII entered Genoa. The conquest was related (...)
Bartolomeo Colleone, following Andrea Verrocchio, casting of the bronze statue (1480-1496), by Lampadari workshop in Turin, circa 1830.
View and perspective of the Pont-Neuf in Paris, engraving, 18^th century

Sought after by Marie de’ Medici to celebrate the memory of her husband, the equestrian (...)
The equestrian statue of Henry the Great on his pedestal Engraving using a burin. Paris, Nicolas de Mathonière, 1617
Horse gallery at the Oiron castle (Deux-Sèvres)

The Oiron castle was built in the 16th century by the Gouffier family, particularly Claude (...)
The type founder

The Oiron castle was built in the 16th century by the Gouffier family, particularly Claude (...)
Oiron castle (Deux-Sèvres)

55 meters long and 6 meters wide, the gallery at the Oiron castle was completed around 1550 by (...)

Oiron castle, painting gallery, The Death of Hector, detail
Oiron castle, painting gallery, Prologue: The Glory of François I, detail

Pegasus alludes to the king’s renown.
Oiron castle (Deux-Sèvres), painting gallery, The Death of Hector

The version followed by the painter is not that of Homer, but of Dictys Cretensis, thus (...)
Armour of François I by Jörg Seusenhofer (1510-1580), Austrian armourer and Degen Pirger, engraver.
Equestrian portrait of Henry IV in armour before a city, by Marin le Bourgeoys (c. 1550-1634)

Arquebus maker for Henry IV and then Louis XIII and inventor of the flintlock mechanism (...)
Roberto Malatesta, the general of the armies of Sixtus IV, Lord of Rimini, marble sculpture by Eusebio da Caravaggio, fourth quarter of the 15^th century
Tsarskoe Selo Cemetery (Russia): a burial place for horses. Interview with Jean-Louis Gouraud, editor and writer 9 July 2013,
4’ 39’’.
Bits, 17^th century

The splendour of a horse’s trappings is a reflection of the magnificence of its rider. (...)

Equestrian portrait of the count of Aure by Philippe Ledieu, around 1834, oil on canvas

Trained at the Versailles indoor school and founder in 1830 of a famous indoor school at Rue (...)
Republican Guard, mixed escort
Republican Guard, cavalry band
Republican Guard, ceremonial services
Braine (Aisne). One of the three horses unearthed during archaeological excavations

In 1997, archaeological excavations in Braine unearthed horse skeletons. Used during World (...)
World War I. Horses killed in the depths of the countryside on the eastern front.
A monumental project to the "unknown horse". Interview with Jean-Louis Gouraud, editor and writer, 9 July 2013, 4’ 38’’.
Gas mask for horse

Gas attacks were common during World War I. Horses, like men or dogs, also benefited from gas (...)

Retreat from Russia in 1835, painting by Joseph-Ferdinand Boissard de Boisdenier

For horse and man, the retreat from Russia was one of the worst episodes in military history. (...)
"The Horse Misery". Drawing by Steinlen, L’Assiette au beurre, no. 219 from 10 June 1905

In June 1905, the magazine L'Assiette au beurre published a special issue, "The (...)
Intestinal stone of a horse

The long hours of work for the "tractor horse" occasionally ended without the intake of the (...)
Sore foot

In the streets, repeated striking against the pavement gave rise to very painful and (...)
Horse harness for the descent into the mine or path to the slaughterhouse - specific collection.
Montceau-les-Mines. Descent of a horse into a pit. Postcard.

The breast collar was usually reserved for horses injured by their collars in order to keep (...)
Faymoreau Mining Centre (Vendée). Stained glass window of the chapel, Grisou d'enfer, Carmelo Zagari
Horse pulling deep in a potash mine in Alsace.

In 1868, a new harnessing tool became mandatory for mining horses: the barrette, or leather (...)

Phaeton, by he heir of Linne and Crocus at the age of 25. Oil on canvas by Paul Le More (1863-1914), undated
Akitos Nonius, Nonius horse

The Nonius is a breed of Hungarian origin.
Hannah Hill Kemo Sabe, American Percheron stallion

The Percheron horse is part of the "heavy" horse family. Unlike lighter horse (...)
Jument de pur sang, née et élevée au Haras du Pin [Thoroughbred mare, born and raised at the Pin stud farm], engraving
French saddle horse. Luccianno, French saddle stallion

In France around 1914, the crossing of thoroughbred stallions and native mares gave rise to a (...)
French trotter hitched to a sulky during the Pin presentation on Thursdays

The French trotter was born in the mid-19th century amidst the appearance of the first trot (...)
Henson horses in the Marquenterre park

The Henson horse was the product of the desire of two men, Lionel and Marc Berquin, to create (...)
Henson stallion

The Henson horse was the product of the desire of two men, Lionel and Marc Berquin, to create (...)

How can Przewalski's horse be saved?

Interview with Aude Bourgeois, veterinary, coordinator of Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes (...)
Young Henson horses

The Henson horse was the product of the desire of two men, Lionel and Marc Berquin, to create (...)
Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Przewalski's horse

The Przewalski's horse is not a direct ancestor of our domestic horses. Both lines (...)
Paris 9th arrondissement, 1, rue Cadet. Horse butcher, March 2013

In 2013, there were 12 horse butchers in Paris.
Paris 14th arrondissement, 10 bis, rue Daguerre. Horse butcher, May 2013

This horse butcher is one of the 12 horse butchers still in operation in Paris in 2013.
Reims. Minouflet horse butcher, by Paul Castelnau, 1 April 1917 (Autochromes of World War I)

In order to foster horsemeat consumption, the veterinary Émile Decroix sponsored a (...)
Young rider in training

Each type of horse riding has its own outfit and each type of rider his or her own clothing, (...)
French Riding School seal of approval, 2012.

Today, the number of equestrian centres, equestrian clubs and other equestrian education (...)

The journey on horseback. Interview with Jean-Louis Gouraud, editor and writer, author of the story Un pérégrin émerveillé [A Peregrine Amazed].
The journey on horseback. Interview with Jean-Louis Gouraud, editor and writer, author of the story Un pérégrin émerveillé [A Peregrine Amazed].
A female Republican Guard
Three-pommel saddle (the right leg passing between two pommels, the left leg engaged under the third pommel) for sidesaddle riding. Second quarter of the 19^th century.
My Little Pony

The feminisation of the horse-riding public in recent decades has spread to the "toy (...)
Deruet Claude, L’Air, circa 1640-1641

Women in the upper social classes have always had a relative amount of access to horse (...)
Rider on the plateau, typical vaulting work, drawing by Juliette and Marthe Vesque, Circus Image Album: Ms Kalina, Medrano circus, 19 September 1907.
The horse: a pet? (1). Interview with Jean-Pierre Digard, ethnologist, emeritus director of research at CNRS, 4 June 2012, 5'.

The taboo of hippophagy. Interview with Jean-Pierre Digard, ethnologist, emeritus director of research at CNRS, 4 June 2012, 3'30
Sacha Bertagnon with the miniature horse Dark ("So chic Miniatures")

Small, very small (less than 90 cm at the withers), the toy horse is no less a horse. This (...)
The Book of the Hunt by Gaston Phoebus, written in 1387, illuminated circa 1407
"Périplantar" fitting for horse pulling by bus companies. Former collection of Warrant Officer Grasset
Towhorse. Towpath in Camon (Somme), early 20^th century.

Before the invention of custom motors, barges were towed by horses along towpaths. The (...)
Horse-drawn carriage deep in a potash mine in Alsace.

Horse has played a major role in the development of industry. For example, at the beginning (...)
Horse-drawn double-decker omnibus on the Sèvres-Gare du Nord line, photograph by the Seeberger brothers, between 1911 and 1925
Training break. France, private collection.

The break was used for the daily exercise of the horses and especially for training young (...)

Les très riches heures du duc de Berry by the Limbourg brothers (circa 1440-1450). October, folio 10
Collecting apples in the Saint-Lô region, 1978
L'Éducation c'est comme ça by Bernadette Lizet, 1985, 20'

How is a draft horse trained? A trainer gradually tames the horse and familiarises it with (...)
Agricultural scale models

Agricultural scale models were used for educational purposes from the 19th century to the (...)
Agricultural scale models

Agricultural scale models were used for educational purposes from the 19th century to the (...)
Peasant leading three horses pulling a plough, photograph by Constant Alexandre Famin, circa 1870
Geographical map of coaching inns across France, 1632 engraving by Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665)
Post-boy boots

Mail coach, model 1805, drawn by three horses

In the early 19th century, mail transport was provided by this type of horse-drawn carriage: (...)
La malle au relais engraving (after a painting of Duclaux), circa 1818

A coaching inn included numerous buildings: the inn, where travellers and postilions rested, (...)
Hortobágy National Park - la Puszta, 2005

Csikós means "guardian of sheep flock" in Hungarian. In the past, ownership (...)
Milling wheat in Camargue, between 1864 and 1899, painting by Rosa Bonheur

This painting depicts a now-extinct agrarian tradition practised by the Camargue gardians. (...)
Camargue gardian equipped with gaiters to protect his legs from the dew, by Carle Naudot, 1946.

Gardian stirrups owe their shape to the shoes worn by the first gardians. Indeed, until the (...)
Camargue gardian and horse, by Carle Naudot, before 1948.

On his Camargue horse, the gardian holds a long stick at the end of which is fixed a trident, (...)
Gardian saddle and stirrups, by Carle Naudot, 1943

Gardian stirrups owe their shape to the shoes worn by the first gardians. Indeed, until the (...)
Draft horse workshop at the Bois de Vincennes, december 2012. Interview with Jean-Claude Carretier, silviculture expert

Collecting waste in Hazebrouck (Nord)

A Trait du Nord mare named Loriane is used to collect waste in the town of Hazebrouck in (...)
Collecting waste at the Bois de Vincennes, december 2012.

Interview: Sylvie Grenet. Camera: Martine Hourcadette, French Ministry of Culture and (...)
Mickey the horse works the Romanée-Conti vineyard in Côte-d'Or
Inspection of the Seigneur de Thieuville of the men-at-arms and archers of the Saint-Lô company for the King of France, Charles V, 1368
The Battle of Crécy in 1346, Chroniques de Froissart [Chronicles of Froissart], mid-15^th century, illuminator: Master of the Mazerine
Battle of Agincourt (1415), Chronicle of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, circa 1470, illuminator: Master of the Chronicle of England
Battle of Marignan, 1515, by the Maître de la Ratière. Condé Museum in Chantilly, misc. V, 347

In 1515, in Marignan, the role of the 300-unit-strong French artillery was decisive. Its fire (...)
Fourth charge in the Battle of Dreux, December 1562, engraving by Jean-Jacques Périssin

The first major battle of the French Wars of Religion took place near Dreux. The battle was a (...)

Horse harness and bard, commissioned by Otto Henri, by Hans Ringler, 1533
Wall-hanging depicting the History of David and Bathsheba, 16^th century

Two types of horses were used in armies - chargers or light horses and Percheron horses (...)
Wall-hanging depicting the History of David and Bathsheba, 16^th century

Two types of horses were used in armies - chargers or light horses and Percheron horses (...)
Louis XIV in the trenches at the siege of Tournai on 21 June 1667, painting, Adam Frans van der Meulen workshop.
Berezina, painting by Langlois

From 26 to 29 November 1812, the remains of the Grand Army crossed the Berezina on two pile (...)
Assault of Hussars, First Empire, gouache by Lamotte

The French cavalry of the First Empire is certainly the most effective cavalry of the entire (...)
Wooden leg brace

This brace was used by General Daumesnil (1776-1832), whose leg was amputated after an injury (...)
Battle of Eylau, 8 February 1807, the Russian army pushed back by the charge of the cavalry and Imperial Guard, watercolour by Jean Antoine Simeon Fort.

Officer of cuirassiers, painting by Georges Scott 1873-1943), dated 1914

The Imperial Guard of Napoleon III is certainly the most beautiful French troop of the second (...)
The French cavalry at the Battle of Sedan.
Anonymous engraving.

The Battle of Sedan took place on 1 September 1870. It was an absolute defeat for (...)
Second battle of Wörth, 6 August 1870, painting by Aimé Morot

The second battle of Wörth took place on 6 August 1870 in Alsace at the beginning of the (...)
American anti-tank troops near Avranches, July 1944.

In 1944, new armoured weaponry no longer used horses. The mounted cavalry ceased to exist.
Markstein (Haut-Rhin).
8 September 1916.

Two modes of transport used by the French army during the First World War: the American Red (...)
Maintaining the Republican Guard's helmets. Interview with Guard Broyez, master head helmet-maker Michael Legrand, artisan.
Saddlery at the Republican Guard. Interview with the warrant officer Le Leuch, master saddler, head of the saddler workshop.

Falcon dressage, illumination, Henri de Ferrieres, Modus et Ratio books
Hunting with birds, illumination, Henri de Ferrieres, Modus et Ratio books
The horse, aid to the falconer in high flights. Interview with Étienne Fougeron, 25 June 2012, 4'50

There are still some proponents in France of falconry on horseback, such as Étienne (...)
Étienne Fougeron, high-flight falconer. Excerpt from the documentary Le cheval de fauconnerie
Gaston of Orléans hunting, etching

Louis XIII, the brother of Gaston d'Orléans, was the Falconer King par excellence. (...)
Fragments of sculpted ivory decoration: panels with dancer and hunters.
11^th or 12^th century
Leaving for a hunt with falcons on horseback, tapestry of the Hainaut region, 1^st quarter of the 16^th century.
Thomas Mann hunting in the county of Essex

Thomas Mann was a member of the British Falconers' Club and flew the raven in the early (...)

Republican Guard public safety assignment: monitoring tourist areas in Paris
Republican Guard public safety assignment: monitoring oyster beds
Republican Guard public safety assignment: law enforcement at the Stade de France
Republican Guard public safety assignment: law enforcement at the Stade de France
Republican Guard public safety assignment: monitoring grape harvests
Bourigny races [c. Boisyvon], poster, 10 June 1934, colour engraving
Horses races in Pompadour, poster, 3 July 1927
The 1821 Derby at Epsom, painting by Théodore Géricault

This painting by Gericault commemorates the popularity of horse racing for artists. The (...)

Passion for betting. Interview with Philippe Slama, punter on trot races, 6 July 2012.

Interview by Sylvie Grenet. Camera: Martine Hourcadette, French Ministry of Culture and (...)
Trot and gallop races: the evolution of betting. Interview with Philippe Slama, punter on trot races, 6 July 2012.
Racing controls. Interview with Philippe Slama, punter on trot races, 6 July 2012.

Interview by Sylvie Grenet. Camera: Martine Hourcadette, French Ministry of Culture and (...)
Mechanical horse race, period of Napoleon III

The craze for racing starting in the late 18th century fostered the emergence in the 19th (...)
Pari Mutuel Urbain's logo since 2008

On the PMU’s logo, the trotter and galloper advance in unison. This dual representation (...)
Colonel Danloux on Acis

Long the preserve of the military, it goes without saying that many of the great advances in (...)
Eurydice Schauly and Kiwi d’Auton. Pro Elite event, Sandillon , July 2012.

The major test of Eventing is cross. This test is intended to check the fitness of the horse. (...)
Penelope Leprevost and Topinambour. Team Test from the Cup of Nations, La Baule, May 2012.

The objective of the jumping competition is to check the freshness of the horse, its training (...)

François Baucher on Partisan
Cirque d'Hiver, poster, 1878
Centaur Theatre

"The Centaur Theatre is a family of ten horses and humans who have built a whole way of (...)
Centaur Theatre

"The Centaur Theatre is a family of ten horses and humans who have built a whole way of (...)
Centaur Theatre

"The Centaur Theatre is a family of ten horses and humans who have built a whole way of (...)
Alexis Gruss: the great tradition of equestrian skills

Alexis Gruss, riding master of the fourth generation, coming from a great family of the (...)
Alexis Gruss: the great tradition of equestrian skills

Alexis Gruss, riding master of the fourth generation, coming from a great family of the (...)
Alexis Gruss: the great tradition of equestrian skills

Alexis Gruss, riding master of the fourth generation, coming from a great family of the (...)

Alexis Gruss: the great tradition of equestrian skills

Alexis Gruss, riding master of the fourth generation, coming from a great family of the (...)
Dr. Paradi’s circus.

To show dada!!!!! 2013 creation

"DJANGO , SEATTIE, JUBIO Complicit horses, wild, academic, majestic. They save us from (...)
Dr. Paradi’s circus.

To show dada!!!!! 2013 creation

"DJANGO , SEATTIE, JUBIO Complicit horses, wild, academic, majestic. They save us from (...)
Dr. Paradi’s circus.

To show dada!!!!! 2013 creation

"DJANGO , SEATTIE, JUBIO Complicit horses, wild, academic, majestic. They save us from (...)
Dr. Paradi’s circus.

To show dada!!!!! 2013 creation

"DJANGO , SEATTIE, JUBIO Complicit horses, wild, academic, majestic. They save us from (...)
Cirque Impérial in Paris, building the main façade, drawing by Jacques Ignace Hittorf

A veritable circular urban monument, the circus built by the architect Hittorff in 1841 (...)
“Madeleine Bastille” public omnibus

The first omnibuses were deployed in Paris in 1828 in order to cheaply carry residents along (...)
Driving barouche. Anonymous. 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century

Rodez national stud farm

Ceremonial carriage: state coach used for the christening of the duke of Bordeaux, by Getting, carriage maker in Paris, 1821.
Danielle Van der Wiel driving her four-in-hand park-drag
The singer Fanny Heldy leading a two-in-hand spider, 1937
Yvonne and Mariette at the Acacias, photograph taken from an album in the Knyff collection, 1900
The two Tachard sisters, photograph taken from an album in the Knyff collection, 1900
Cart for algae matter transport
Two carts for sheaves and haymaking
Wheel-rimming, by Jean-Dominique Lajoux

Excerpt from a film made in Alsace in 1967, displaying the various stages of iron-rimming a (...)

Coachbuilder workshop. Encyclopédie, the article on "Saddle and coach makers", pl. I

In the daylight from the street onto which the workshop mainly opens, the men and women (...)
Carriage carpenter workshop. Encyclopédie, article on "carriage carpenter", pl. I.

Woodworkers draw and cut the panels which will be mounted on the carriage frame. Visible from (...)
Belvalette coachbuilder in Paris: Woodworking workshop, drawing room. Turgan: Belvalette Coachbuilder, 1870
Cartwright workshop. Encyclopédie, the article on "Cartwright", pl. II

On the left, a worker drills in the wheel rims, where the spokes will be placed; in the (...)
Belvalette coachbuilder in Paris: Smithy. Turgan: Belvalette Coachbuilder, 1870

Workers busily fasten doors and assemble an axle and its tong springs. Leaning against the (...)
Workers making a wheel in a wheelwright workshop. Encyclopédie, article on "wheelwright", pl. I.
Saddler-stuffer workshop (Garsault: L’Art du bourrelier et du sellier
[The Art of the Saddler] , 1774)
Building the horse-drawn coach for the royal family of England. Roberston, Coachbuilding, Past and Present, 1928

Advertising for the plater Gall in Paris, Le Guide du carrossier, 1888, no. 192
P. Fleury and E. Ponsot, La peinture en équipage. Traité pratique et raisonné à l’usage des peintres de voitures et des carrossiers [Equipment painting. Practical and reasoned treatise for carriage painters and builders], Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries réunies, 1893, pl V
Encyclopédie, the article on "Metalworker-locksmith",
pl. XLIV Carriage metalwork made by locksmith
Turner worker using a mechanical turn to make wheel hubs. Turgan: Belvalette Coachbuilder, 1870
Château de Chambord (Loir-et-Cher)

Built by Binder Frères in Paris, this gala coach was classified as a historical monument in 2005.
Louis-Philippe Museum in Eu (Seine-Maritime)

The Louis-Philippe Museum in Eu houses the ceremonial coach built in Paris for the king John (...)
Haras du Pin national stud farm (Orne)

This park-drag carriage was classified as a historical monument in 1987.
Château de Compiègne (Oise), cour des cuisines

The National Car and Tourism Museum houses three large sets of vehicles: horse-drawn carriages, (...)

Example of renovating a horse-drawn vehicle

Isabelle Bédat restores the cloth of the travelling brougham classified as historical monument (...)
Example of renovating a horse-drawn vehicle

Dominique Posselle restores a phaeton to be used for driving.
The art of driving, by Alain Bahuchet, general secretary for the French Driving Association, 28 June 2012
The principles of traditional driving. As told by Alain Bahuchet, general secretary for the French Driving Association, 28 June 2012
The Achenbach method. As told by Alain Bahuchet, 28 June 2012
Model of horse-drawn carriage: landau, after 1890. Bodywork by J. Rothschild & Fils, Rheims & Auscher
Poursin buckles: the renaissance of a craft. As told by Olivier Poursin, 16 November 2012
Manufacturing a buckle piece. As told by Olivier Poursin, 16 November 2012

The art of driving. As told by Alain Bahuchet, general secretary for the French Driving Association, 28 June 2012
Cuts competition (Oise), 2011: road and track test (1900 parkwagon driven by Stéphane Renaud)
Cuts competition (Oise), 2011: handiness test (1900 phaeton driven by Jean de Cloedt)
Cuts competition (Oise), 2011: handiness test (1900 roof-seat break driven by Alain Bahuchet)
The coach of King Louis XIV, Vatel, by Roland Joffé, 2000

A faithful copy of one of King Louis XIV's ceremonial carriages, built by the Écuries Hardy (...)
Cartouche by Philippe de Broca, 1962

A pure creation, the white state coach adorned with silver foliage, the tomb of the heroine, (...)
The late 18^th-century lounge chariot, That Night in Varennes, by Ettore Scola, 1982
Donkey Skin by Jacques Demy, 1970

A beautifully imagined carriage, the white and gold coach internally lined with white ostrich (...)

Rococo state coach, Delusions of Grandeur, by Gérard Oury, 1971

It is in this state coach built after an old model for the film Delusions of Grandeur by Gerard (...)
Stagecoach

Reproduction of a French Restoration-era stagecoach built from a Mühlbacher road-coach by (...)
Stagecoach

Reproduction of a French Restoration-era stagecoach built from a Mühlbacher road-coach by (...)
King Louis II in his sleigh at night in the mountains of Ammer, painting by J.R. Wenig, 1885/86
Top Hat by Mark Sandrich, 1935

Sequence with the hansom cab driven by Fred Astaire and carrying Ginger Rogers.
Well-executed replica of a turgotine, the first regulated public carriage.

This replica of an early public stagecoach developed by the minister Turgot was built in the (...)
Well-executed replica of a turgotine, the first regulated public carriage.

This replica of an early public stagecoach developed by the minister Turgot was built in the (...)
Ludwig by Luchino Visconti, 1972

School jumps at the Cadre Noir in Saumur: croupade
Equestrian figure: “rassembler”. Show by the equerry of the Cadre Noir in Saumur Jean-Jacques Boisson, 26 March 2013
Equestrian figure: "ramener”. Show by the ecuyer of the Cadre Noir in Saumur Jean-Jacques Boisson, 26 March 2013
French and Italian cavalry..., by Pierre de La Noue, 1670

The illustrations of this 17th century essay are proofs of the link between subtle equitation (...)
French and Italian cavalry..., by Pierre de La Noue, 1671

The illustrations of this 17th century essay are proofs of the link between subtle equitation (...)
French and Italian cavalry..., by Pierre de La Noue, 1672

The illustrations of this 17th century essay are proofs of the link between subtle equitation (...)
French and Italian cavalry..., by Pierre de La Noue, 1673

The illustrations of this 17th century essay are proofs of the link between subtle equitation (...)
The ecuyer of the Cadre Noir Patrice Franchet d'Espèrey on Constellation, around 1995

The Cadre Noir in Saumur is still following the French traditional horse riding practice.

Portrait of François I on horseback, anonymous painting, 16^th century

The Renaissance riders developed new postures. The horse ridden by François I is featured in (...)
Monsieur de Nestier, ordinary equerry of the King’s Main Stable (Grande Écurie du Roi), on Florido, a Spanish horse, water coloured engraving, by Jean-Paul Daullé, around 1720
Equestrian figure: the square volte. Display by the equerry of the Cadre Noir in Saumur Jean-Jacques Boisson, March 2013
Equestrian figure: “Shoulder-in, tail to the wall”. Show by the ecuyer of the Cadre Noir in Saumur Jean-Jacques Boisson, 26 March 2013
Monsieur de Pluvinel introduced by Philippe Karl, ecuyer of the Cadre Noir in Saumur, 1991, 5'27
Pluvinel indoor school, detail of the Paris plan, by Matthieu Mérian, 1615

Left of the château des Tuileries, the Pluvinel indoor school and its academy, situated close (...)
Courbette. In: L’instruction du roy en l’exercice de monter à cheval, by Antoine de Pluvinel. Paris, 1625
Double pillar. In: L’instruction du roy en l’exercice de monter à cheval, by Antoine de Pluvinel. Paris, 1625

Stables at the Château de Bouges (Indre)

Located in the commons of an 18th century château, the stables at Bouges were luxuriously (...)
Stables at the Château de Bouges (Indre)

The solid-wood double feeders of the stables at the Château de Bouges are equipped with (...)
Stables at the Château de Dampierre (Yvelines)

Visible from the château's forecourt through a gallery of arcades, the stables were (...)
Stables at the Château de Dampierre (Yvelines), 17^th century

Visitors discover the Château of Dampierre, flanked by large outbuildings, from the end (...)
Stables at the Château de Dampierre (Yvelines)

Fully open to the garden, the stable yard is flanked by two wings boasting a regular and (...)
Stables at the Château de La Ferté-Saint-Aubin (Loiret), 17^th century

Built around 1665 by Henri II of Sennectère, the stables at La Ferte-Saint-Aubin flank (...)
Stables at the Château du Fraisse (Haute-Vienne), 18^th century

Built in 1725, the stables at the Château du Fraisse spread out along a wing of (...)
Tack room at the Château de Montgeoffroy (Maine-et-Loire), 19^th century

The stables at the Château de Montgeoffroy were built starting in 1771 by the (...)

Tack room at the Château de Valmirande (Haute-Garonne)

Such saddlery as well maintained as those at Valmirande are rare. Elegantly arranged inside (...)
The stable, according to Leonardo de Vinci
Chantilly stables, 18th century, trough

The circular indoor school is decorated with rich, naturally-painted sculptural decoration. (...)
The court of the Main Stables at Versailles: pavilion at the entry to the indoor riding arena with sculpted decor, 17^th century
Stables at Versailles, 17^th century

The rooms for the housing of horses form a number of long arcades of covered in brick and (...)
Exterior view of the Main Stable of Versailles, 17th century
Chantilly stables, early 18^th century, view of the inside

Given its large size, the interior of the Chantilly stables remind of religious architecture. (...)
Chantilly stables, early 18^th century, overview

Facing south, the stables line the racecourse, with the prominent pavilion of the riding area (...)

Riding and studbook from 1896

It is the oldest studbook in existence. The collection contains more than 7,500 articles and is (...)
Le Pin national stud farm
Le Pin national stud farm
Le Pin national stud farm
Le Pin national stud farm. Indoor school
Le Pin national stud farm. Stables
Le Pin national stud farm. The racecourse, one of the branches of the grounds. Postcard
Corrèze. Pompadour national stud farm. Certificate of Anglo-Arab stallion - Layon

Corrèze. Pompadour national stud farm. Monts broodmare station. Postcard
Corrèze. Pompadour national stud farm. Rivière broodmare station. Postcard
Map of the Chignac grounds (Château de Pompadour and racecourse)
Outbuildings at the Château de Pompadour La Rivière, La Vilatte, Le Mons
Pompadour royal stud farm, Chignac branch, blueprint of a stable, 1887
Indoor school at the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire (Loir-et-Cher)

Some indoor schools boast particularly original architectural forms. Here is the indoor school (...)
Roofing framework of the Sénarmont indoor school, cavalry district in Carrousel, Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne)
Maubeuge (Nord), indoor cavalry school project, 1826

The construction of military indoor schools responded to changes in the use of cavalry and to a (...)

Élevage Massa, Château La Font du Broc, Les Arcs-sur-Argens (Var)

The indoor schools have not disappeared from the French equestrian scene... quite the contrary. (...)
Vivès indoor school (Aisne)

A wide variety of sources enables those interested in investigating the indoor-school history. (...)
Roofing framework at the military indoor school of Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher)

One of the most remarkable architectural elements of the indoor schools lies in their roofing (...)
Stands at the military indoor school of Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher)

A number of indoor school have been preserved until today, although their condition varies (...)
Le Pin national stud farm. The stands of racecourses. Postcard
Maisons Laffitte racecourse (?) (Yvelines). Stands with spectators, photo by the Séeberger brothers, early 20^th century
Paris 3^rd arrondissement, corner of rue Vieille-du-Temple and rue du Roi-de-Sicile. Old horse butcher, April 2013
Paris 9^th arrondissement,
1, rue Cadet. Horse butcher, March 2013

The butcher at rue Cadet is one of the 12 horse butchers still in operation in Paris in 2013.

Paris, 7^th arrondissement, 28 rue Cler. Old horse butcher

This horse butcher was located at 28 rue Cler in Paris (7th arrondissement) between 1925 and (...)
Paris 9^th arrondissement, 27, rue des Martyrs. Old horse butcher, March 2013

This traditional façade of the horse butcher, with its perforated grate painted in (...)
Paris, 7^th arrondissement, 69 rue du Bac. "Hippo Moderne" horse butcher, 1983

The old horse butcher located at 69 rue du Bac in Paris (7th arrondissement) around 1930 (...)
Paris, 7^th arrondissement, 69 rue du Bac. "Hippo Moderne" horse butcher, 1983

In his short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1936), Ernest Hemingway evoked "the golden (...)
Paris, 7^th arrondissement, 69 rue du Bac. Old horse butcher, 2013

Registered as a historical monument since 1984, the façade of the old horse butcher is (...)
Paris, 7th arrondissement, 69 rue du Bac. Old horse butcher, 2013

Registered as a historical monument since 1984, the façade of the old horse butcher is now in (...)
Paris, 15^th arrondissement, horseflesh industry war memorial

Built at the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouse by the architect Ernest Denis and (...)
Paris, 15^th arrondissement, horseflesh industry war memorial

Built at the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouse by the architect Ernest Denis and (...)

Old surveillance pavilion of the horse market, April 2013

Located in Paris at 5, rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire in Paris and reserved for receiving (...)
Ruel, Jean, Veterinariae medicinae libri II Johanne Ruellio suessionensi interprete. Parisiis: apud Simonem Colinaeum, 1530.
Vegetius, Artis veterinariae
Vegetius, Artis veterinariae
The Book of the Hunt by Gaston Phoebus, written in 1387, illuminated circa 1407, fol. 40 v. Canine diseases.
The Book of the Hunt by Gaston Phoebus, written in 1387, illuminated circa 1407, fol. 52 v. Chenil.
Giordano Ruffo (1200?-1256?), Trattato di Mascalcia, fol. 1R

To read the work:http://gallica.bnf.fr
Laurentius Rusius, La Mareschalerie de Laurent Ruse, containing unique remedies against equine diseases, with numerous figures of bits, in which we have added another treatise on remedies...

The Horse Skeleton by Jean Héroard, 1599

The "doctor of veterinary sciences at the main stables of King Charles IX", (...)
The Horse Skeleton according to Gervase Markham, 1666

This view shows how limited hippiatrist anatomical knowledge was. It failed to take into (...)
Horse écorché by Carlo Ruini, published in 1618

Carlo Ruini created exception woodcuts that were copied for nearly two centuries. The horse (...)
Title page of the Elements of Hippiatrics by Claude Bourgelat, 1751

First tome and second tome This three-volume work conferred on Claude Bourgelat a reputation (...)
Title page of the Elements of Hippiatrics by Claude Bourgelat, 1752

First tome and second tomeThis three-volume work conferred on Claude Bourgelat a reputation (...)
The Elements of the Veterinary Art Zootomy or comparative anatomy for veterinary school students, by Claude Bourgelat. In Paris, Vallat-la-Chapelle, 1766
Title page of a handwritten course by a veterinary student in the 18^th century, circa 1780
Geometrical Drawing representing the exact proportions of the late Famous Eclipse Anatomical, Geometrical & Mechanical Drawing representing the Motions of the legs of the late Famous Eclipse

Plate from the Course on Hippiatrics by Philippe-Étienne Lafosse, 1772

Lafosse was clearly more competent than Bourgelat but did not enjoy his network. Above all, he (...)
Plate from the Course on Hippiatrics by Philippe-Étienne Lafosse, 1773

Lafosse was clearly more competent than Bourgelat but did not enjoy his network. Above all, he (...)
Plate from the Course on Hippiatrics by Philippe-Étienne Lafosse, 1774

Lafosse was clearly more competent than Bourgelat but did not enjoy his network. Above all, he (...)
Plate representing the skeleton of a trotting horse, taken from The Anatomy of the Horse by George Stubbs, 1766
Page from Treatise on the Organisation of the Horse's Foot by Bouley, 1854

A peculiarity of the 19th century is the use of abundant, high-quality illustration. This (...)
Page from Treatise on Surgical Therapy by Cadiot and Almy, 1895

This treatise is fairly representative of late 19th-century production. Every author (...)
Page from the catalogue of the publisher Asselin et Houzeau, 1895

This publishing house published a large number of veterinary treatises. This excerpt from the (...)
Title page of the first volume of the dictionary by Bouley and Reynal, 1856

To read the work:www2.biusante.parisdescartes.fr

Title page of the first volume of the Compendium of Veterinary Medicine, the first veterinary journal, 1824 -
Shoeing a horse in the travail at the School of Alfort - coloured 19^th century engraving

The travail was used most often for shoeing. The metal bars at the rear enabled placement of (...)
Recueil sur l’art vétérinaire des chevaux by « Claude-François Canut dit La Joye, soldat au régiment d’Enghien », end of 18^th century
A horse in the Bourgelat travail around 1900

The Bourgelat travail, which is still kept at the Veterinary School of Alfort, was a travail (...)
The Lang travail
The first Vinsot travail with integrated horizontal tilting system

The travail was complemented at the end of the 19th century by mechanical travails a.k.a. tilt (...)
The second model of the Vinsot travail, advertised in La semaine vétérinaire in 1907

This travail was slightly modified: it turned on itself and placed the horse horizontally at (...)
Dechery ether cautery

This cautery was heated by the combustion of ether located on the handle. This enabled resting (...)

Cautery to apply fire in stripes

This cautery was used to operate burn lines on the skin.
Hot docking iron

This cautery has a rod bent over itself, such that it has an empty space at the end. It was (...)
Classic tail docker, late 19^th century or early 20^th century
Tail docker
Fleam for simple bloodletting

This fleam is composed of several steel blades, each bearing a small, very sharp blade (...)
Automatic fleam

This automatic fleam avoided the use of the hammer. The blade was tightened by hand, using a (...)
Striking technique with a fleam and binding the incision with a figure eight

The operator applied the fleam to the vein previously swollen using compression. The fleam (...)
Multi-instrument tool used by the breeder

This utensil was extremely common in the 19th century. It contains useful tools for the (...)

The scalpel, 19^th century

The scalpel a.k.a. bistoury or "surgeon's knife" was a kind of knife, which could be foldable (...)
Wooden elastrator

Until recently, horse castration was performed using these pieces of wood. Specifically, the (...)
The clyster

This huge tin syringe was used to administer solutions through the rectum. As in humans, the (...)
The sage-leaf knife, 1817

The sage-leaf knife is a scalpel with a curved blade that was use mainly for quittor (...)
The Pravaz syringe, early 20^th century

Injections were mainly developed in the 20th century, at a time when the active (...)
Trephine

This instrument enabled bone cores to be obtained and skull cavities to be opened. In horses, (...)
Plaster casting of a horse heart, by Eugene Petitcolin, circa 1908

While plaster is the material of choice for artists, its use is less common in anatomical (...)
Paper mache horse mannequin by Louis Auzoux (1846)

In 1822, Louis Auzoux developed a method inspired by Jean-François Ameline, a professor at the (...)

The Fragonard Rider - injected and mummified

Started in 1765, this piece is undoubtedly the most well-known of the famous anatomist. While (...)
The Fragonard Rider - injected and mummified

Started in 1765, this piece is undoubtedly the most well-known of the famous anatomist. While (...)
The Fragonard Rider - injected and mummified

Started in 1765, this piece is undoubtedly the most well-known of the famous anatomist. While (...)
Wax casting of a horse eye, by Eugene Petitcolin, circa 1890

Wax has been widely used in human anatomy. However, it was however abandoned in animal (...)
Horse skeleton

All anatomical collections include whole skeletons and separated bones and joints. These (...)
Skull of a horse with parrot head

This horse has mandibular brachygnathia, i.e. its upper jaw is longer than the lower. The (...)
Coloured plaster cast of the head of a one-eyed foal

Cyclopia is the fusion of both eyes into one or, as in this foal, into a single orbit (...)
Skull of a jumart

This horse head is that of a jumart, a fabled cross between a mare and a bull which was (...)

Digit of a polydactyl horse

A horse sometimes reverts to an ancestral condition: polydactylism. This horse presents with an (...)
Ankylosis of the spine of a pulling horse

Horses pulling heavy loads presented with extremely significant vertebral fusions that were (...)
Intestinal stone of a horse

Before the water supply was outfitted in Paris, in the 18th and 19th centuries horses had (...)
Back spavin on a horse's hock

The hock joint presents with bony peripheral productions following tarsal osteoarthritis. This (...)
Skull of a horse with nutritional osteofibrosis

Characterised by the deformation of the head, bone degeneration and tooth loss, this disease (...)
Colourful plaster cast of a horse spleen with tuberculosis

This giant spleen is deformed with large abscesses, the famous tubercles that gave the disease (...)
Farrier's hoof knife, late 19^th century

The farrier's hoof knife is a long blade held by a strong handle, which is used to prepare (...)
Donkey horseshoe

Donkey was often the inferior relative of farm animals. This horseshoe shows what was best for (...)

The blacksmiths of the Republican Guard

The Republican Guard has its own forges where its blacksmiths fashion customised irons, thus (...)
The blacksmiths of the Republican Guard

The Republican Guard has its own forges where its blacksmiths fashion customised irons, thus (...)
Fitted feet, Saumur artillery school, 1913. Former collection of Warrant Officer Grasset.
Fitted feet, Saumur artillery school, 1913. Former collection of Warrant Officer Grasset.
Hoof knife, 1817

This hoof knife is a small curved blade, which was used to clean out the gaps in the horse's (...)
The blacksmith at the Republican Guard: the forge. As told by the guard Romain Vis
Guide des sources de l’histoire du cheval dans les archives publiques françaises [Guide to sources of horse history in the French Public Archives], Paris, National Archives, 1993
Le cheval comtois. Évolution et renouveau d'une race [The horses of Franche-Comté. Development and renewal of a race], Besançon, Doubs General Council, 2006, 274 p.

Compagnons de labeur, homme et cheval au travail XV^e-XX^e siècle [Labour companions, man and horse in 15^th-20^th century labour], Vesoul, Haute-Saône Departmental Archives
Cheval de Marne [The horse from Marne], Créteil, Val-de-Marne Departmental Archives, 2004

The collections on the horse have been regularly enhanced by the archive services either for (...)
Travelling chariot "Bastardelle"

Manufacturer: Boneberge in Lyon.Classified as historical monument in 1982Location: (...)
State coach

Manufacturer: Binder Frères in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2005Location: (...)
Gala barouche

Manufacturer: Binder Frères in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2005Location: (...)
"Le Béarn" road coach

Manufacturer: Mühlbacher in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2002Location: (...)
Five-glass coach

Manufacturer: Binder Frères in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2005Location: (...)
Dress chariot

Manufacturer: Binder Frères in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2005Location: (...)

Square Landau

Manufacturer: Bail Jeune Frères in Paris. Classified as historical monument in (...)
Five-glass Landau

Manufacturer: Binder in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2002Location: Pau-Gélos, (...)
Demi-mail-phaéton

Manufacturer: Mühlbacher in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2002Location: (...)
Hansom cab

Manufacturer: Mühlbacher in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2002Location: (...)
Ralli car

Manufacturer: Justin Camou in Pau.Classified as historical monument in 2002Location: Pau, home (...)
State coach

Manufacturer: Binder Frères in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2005 Location: (...)
Brougham

Unknown manufacturer.Classified as historical monument in 2010Location: Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, (...)
Mail-Phaéton

Manufacturer: Baptiste Thomas in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 2010Location: (...)

Body break (large wagonnette)

Unknown manufacturer.Classified as historical monument in 2010 Location: Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, (...)
Travelling coach

Manufacturer: Jacques Rothschild et Fils in Paris. Classified as historical monument in (...)
Curricle

Manufacturer: Peters & Sons in London. Classified as historical monument in 2003Location: (...)
Hunting break

Manufacturer: Jadras in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 1998Location: Tarbes, French (...)
Eight-spring barouche

Manufacturer: Clochez in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 1999Location: Tarbes, (...)
Brougham

Manufacturer: Mühlbacher in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 1998Location: Tarbes, (...)
Public omnibus

Unknown manufacturer.Classified as historical monument in 1993Location: ValencinOwner: Private (...)
Ceremonial coach built in Paris for King John V of Portugal.

Unknown manufacturer. Classified as historical monument in 1975Location: Eu, Musée (...)

Travelling chariot "Dormeuse"

Manufacturer: Berlioz et Gouillon in Paris.Classified as historical monument in 1987Location: (...)
Enclosed mylord

Manufacturer: Jacques Rothschild & Fils in Paris. Classified as historical monument in (...)
Wagonnette-Omnibus

Manufacturer: Philips & Sons in Buckingham. Classified as historical monument in 1991Location: (...)
Brougham

Manufacturer: Mann in Twickenham.Classified as historical monument in 1991Location: Randan, (...)
Landau

Manufacturer: Binder in Paris. Classified as historical monument in 1991Location: Randan, (...)
Mylord

Manufacturer: Binder in Paris. Classified as historical monument in 1991Location: Randan, (...)
George IV phaeton

Manufacturer: Mann in Twickenham. Classified as historical monument in 1991Location: Randan, (...)
Stables at the Château de Bouges

Chantilly
Chantilly Stables, early 18^th century
Giambologna workshop, Pair of horses, varnished and painted wood, Florence,
17^th century
Peter Paul Rubens workshop, Rider, oil on wood, 17^th century
Juste d’Egmont, Equestrian portrait of the young Louis XIV leaving for the hunt, oil on wood, circa1647
Ceremonial horse, polychrome terracotta, China, Wei/Tang dynasty, 6^th –7^th century
Pair of Chinese stirrups, gilded bronze, China, Qing dynasty, 18^th century
Dressage horses

On the left: D.C. Muller and Brothers, dressage horse, circa 1909 On the right: Gustav Dentzel, (...)

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