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Diepenbeeck - Horsses and Hounds on the Hunt - This folio equestrian engraving is from William Cavendish Newcastle, Gaspard de Saunier, and Abraham van Diepenbeeck's Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux. This seems to be from the second edition published in London in 1737 by Chez Jean Brindley, Libraire de S.A.R. Monseigeur le Prince de Galles. An affluent politician, soldier, and devoted Royalist, William Cavendish Newcastle (1592-1676) fought for Charles I during the English Civil War. He established a riding school in Antwerp with several Barbary horses obtained in Paris, and in 1657, published his revolutionary and influential work on equestrian training techniques, 'La Methode et Invention nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux'. An English edition was published in 1743 as 'A General System Of Horsemanship In All Its Branches', with beautiful illustrations of Cavendish skillfully training and riding his horses at his Antwerp ménage and his various English estates like Bolsover Castle and Welbeck Abbey. Paper Size: ~ 21” by 17” (Fold Out) Paper Type or Special Features: Engraving with likely Older Hand-coloring