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Author: Peter Upton
Publisher: Medina Publishing/Arabian Horse World
Imprint: Medina Publishing/Arabian Horse World
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 28.50cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
ISBN: 9780957023406
ISBN 10: 0957023405
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 May 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An indispensable addition to the history of the Arabian for in these horses which came to England we have a heritage without price. The Arab Horse Society News One of the book's most interesting presentations arranges the imported horses according to their strains and tribes of origin. CMK Record (USA) Mr Upton conducts us on a triumphant progress from the stallion Padischah, foaled in 1826 and imported circa 1830, to the stallion Shamyl, imported in utero when his dam was given to HM Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) in 1960 and foaled in 1961. However long the 130-year pilgrimage, Mr Upton points out to the reader many fine sights and, rather like the conscientious driver of a tourist coach, takes a number of side roads so the passengers can more fully appreciate the delights of the territory traversed. All in all, a feast for the eye, for the imagination and for the intellect. And if you are interested in breeding Arabian horses there is sustenance aplenty here for you. The Australian Arabian Horse News
Author Information
Peter Upton studied art and art history at college and university, but considers that he really learnt more from his uncle, Charles W. Cain, the well-known etcher of Arabia in the 1920s, and from studying the work of those artists he most admires, notably Stubbs, Munnings, Edwards, Sorolla and the Pre-Raphaelites. Peter Upton is best known for his paintings depicting the desert scene and the Arab Horse. He has held one-man exhibitions in Britain and abroad and his works, including many private commissions, are in private collections around the world. A past President of the Arab Horse Society of Great Britain, an international judge, and a recognised expert on the history of the Arab horse, his passion for this breed goes back some 65 years to his first pony, a white part-Arab. He writes regularly for the AHS News and other magazines, has been involved in films on the Arab horse, and is the author of Out of the Desert (2010), Desert Heritage: An Artist's Collection of Blunt's Original Aran Horses (1980), The Classic Arab Horse (1986), The Arabian Horse - History, Mystery and Magic (1998), and co-author with HRH Princess Alia al Hussein of Royal Heritage: the Story of Jordan's Aran Horses (2011).
