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Alternative Title
Passetruel, or Passe Brewell
Description
A small glazed ceramic horse figurine with mane, forelock and tail texture represented in the molding. Hair is grey, while the horse's body color is turquoise, a fanciful color not found in nature. The legs are thin and delicate as the horse stand upright with its head turned slightly to the left and it's right front leg resting on its toe. Similar in style to Horse 23.
37. Passetruel, or Passe Brewell. In Arthurian legends, the horse of Sir Tristra of Lyonesse.
Exhibit label:
PASSETRUEL, THE HORSE OF TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE.
A gift from Volmar the Drunken Liar.
—"The Book of Volmar" in Smith.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
5 x 2 x 5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Knights and knighthood; Arthurian romances
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 37, Passetruel, or Passe Brewell, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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