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The Etiquette of Horses, By William Cavendish 1699-1700

This beautiful engraving is an original antique copper engraved print, in hand colour, and published in Nuremberg 1699-1700.

William Cavendish (1592 -1676), 1st Duke of Newcastle, was a English noble and polymath. He was a staunch Royalist and close to the Stuart family, first as a courtier to James I and then as a friend to Charles I. Following the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War he was forced into exile in Holland. It was during this time in that he established a riding school, exercised “the art of manège” (High School riding) and published his first work on horsemanship. His ‘Méthode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux’ was published in Antwerp in 1658 and included many fine illustrations. He returned to England following the Restoration and managed to regain the greater part of his estates.