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Alternative Title
Red of the Apocalypse
Description
A small ceramic horse figurine glazed to represent a bay horse with a reddish coat and a black mane, forelock, and tail. The animal is depicted running with legs extended and its tail flying behind it. Its head inclines slightly to the left and downward. The figurine rests on the tips of all four legs.
42. Red Horse of the Apocalypse. One of the four horses which appeared to St. John at Patmos, according to the sixth chapter of The Revelation of St. John the Divine.
Exhibit label:
RED HORSE OF THE APOCALYPSE.
A gift from St. John the Evangelist.
—The St. Johns.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
6 x 1 x 3
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; John, the Apostle, Saint; Hanna, Alfred Jackson, 1893-1978
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Bible. Revelation, II-III; Bible. New Testament; Saint Johns River (Fla.); Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Revelation
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 42, Red Horse of the Apocalypse, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 2, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i042.jpg