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Alternative Title
Harpagos
Description
A large glazed ceramic bay horse figurine painted with four white socks (markings). The mane is sculpted to emphasize a rolling rope-like texture as the horse arches its neck to bring its nose near to its chest. The figure stands on four feet. The left ear has been broken.
26. Harpagos. The horse of Pollux, who figures in Greek mythology as the immortal son of Leda, begotten by Zeus in the disguise of a swan, and as the half brother of Castor (cf. Cyllaros), with whom after the latter’s death, Pollux divided his immortality.
Exhibit label:
HARPAGOS, THE HORSE OF POLLUX.
A gift from Mrs. Louisa Nelson of St. James Street, in Richmond, Virginia.
—"Is of Southern Ladies," in Let Me Lie.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
11.5 x 2.5 x 12
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Mythology, Greek; African American women
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 26, Harpagos, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 3, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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