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mme_hardy ([personal profile] mme_hardy) wrote2016-11-09 12:52 pm
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I have a question for riders!

Cora Pearl and Achille Murat on horseback


This is famed courtesan Cora Pearl and Prince Achille Murat in an 1865 posed studio photograph. You will notice that Prince Achille's legs are nearly straight, and stretched forward of the saddle. Is this a French thing, or was it the proper seat all over Europe? And when did it change, do you know?

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[personal profile] mme_hardy 2016-11-09 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, her horse is definitely discovering an urgent appointment elsewhere. Without her.
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[personal profile] clanwilliam 2016-11-09 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think that's her horse. I think someone's trying to flog a pretty nag with awful conformation.
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