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Alternative Title
White of Rhesus
Description
A small, white, glazed ceramic horse figurine depicted as resting its weight on its back legs and extending both front legs forward. Its neck is arched gracefully as it leans its head slightly downward. The horse's tail is styled into a bun or knot.
54. White Horse of Rhesus, the son of King Eioneus of Thrace. The tenth book of the Iliad relates how this horse and its three companions were stolen in a night raid conducted by the two Grecian leaders, Odysseus of Ithaca and Diomedes of Aetolia.
Exhibit label:
WHITE HORSE OF RHESUS.
A gift from Sir Galahad of the Siege Perilous.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
4.5 x 3 x 5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Homer. Iliad; Rhesus, King of Thrace (Legendary character); Galahad (Arthurian legendary character); Grail; Arthurian romances; Legends
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 54, White Horse of Rhesus, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i054.jpg