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Alternative Title
White Surrey
Description
A white, glazed ceramic vase in the shape of an Art Deco style horse. The horse stands on four legs upon an oval base with triangular edging. The horse's mane is stylized and its tail is short as if styled in a bun. Stamped on the underside of the base are the words "Made in P. V. Czechoslovakia" indicating the vase was made during the interwar period (ca. 1918-1938). Similar in style to Horse 52.
55. White Surrey. The favorite horse of King Richard the Third of England (1483-1485), that monarch as whom, in Shakespeare’s play concerning him, John Wilkes Booth is said to have appeared at his best.
Exhibit label:
WHITE SURREY, THE HORSE OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD.
A gift from Mr. John Wilkes Booth.
—The Eighteenth Letter in Ladies and Gentlemen.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
11.5 x 4 x 14
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III; Horses in literature
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 55, White Surrey, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 2, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i055.jpg