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Alternative Title
Phaeton
Description
A small cream-colored molded plastic or resin horse figurine, depicted as standing with its front right leg raised and its tail flying behind it, suggesting the animal is in motion. The figure stands on a brown oval base.Similar in style to Horse 41
38. Phaeton. One of the horses of Aurora, the goddess of dawn, in Greek mythology.
Exhibit label:
PHARTON [sic], THE HORSE OF AURORA.
A gift from Henry [sic] Sinclair Lewis.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
4 x 1 x 4
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Mythology, Greek; Mythology, Classical
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
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 38, Phaeton, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 3, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i038.jpg