The Syrian Horse, 1851

Turkish figures smoking a pipe standing beside a horse’ sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873)     The Syrian Horse In 1851, a western author traveling through the middle east witnessed a peculiar surgery performed on a horse.  While Read More …

Odalisque and Slave, 1842

‘Odalisque and Slave’ Painted by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in 1842