, 126 pages, illustrated with 26 colour drawings and other monochrome line drawings

Desert heritage: An artist's collection of Blunt's original Arab horses

Upton, Peter

Skilton and Shaw

The majestic Arabian horse, with its refined beauty and spirit, has long held a special appeal for horse lovers throughout the world. Arabians is a lavishly illustrated celebration of the impressive history and splendor of this noble breed. The authoritative text explores the breed s ancient origins, its importance in the Islamic world, and the growing international interest in Arabians that began in the 17th century and continues today. At the heart of the book are more than 250 gorgeous color photographs that take the reader on a stunning visual journey around the world, touching down in the many countries and continents where this versatile breed has earned a loyal following among equestrians. In addition, it features a comprehensive list of Arabian horse organizations, registries, and societies; a glossary of Arabic terms; a thorough bibliography; and a foreword by H. H. Shiekh Zayed bin-Sultan al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates. Arabians is the definitive book on this revered breed.

Arabians

Arts & Photography

van Lent, Rik

Photography & Video

Chronicle Books+

Handsomely packaged in paperback with a new cover, Arabians is a lavishly illustrated celebration of the impressive history and splendor of this noble breed. Three hundred gorgeous color photographs and illustrations take the reader on a visual journey around the world, and an authoritative text explores the breed's ancient origins and its importance in the Islamic world. This definitive book a must-have for all equestrians includes a comprehensive list of Arabian horse organizations, registries, and societies; a glossary of Arabic terms; and a thorough bibliography.

Green hill far away

Literature & Fiction

Arlington Books

Presents an illustrated account of the Arab Horse, with lines of descent of the desert-bred horses imported into Britain after Padischah (1830s). This title includes the origins of the Arab Horse and development of strains, fine art reproductions of famous horse portraits and portraits of horses by author.

The Arab Horse: A Complete Record of the Arab Horses Imported into Britain from the Desert of Arabia from the 1830s

History

Europe

Barzan Pub Co

Here is the long-awaited work by Peter Upton, one of Britain’s leading equine painters and authors. This book on the profound influence of the Arabian horse on the native horses and ponies of Britain is certain to raise interest, if not eyebrows, among horse-lovers around the world.Upton’s unrivalled knowledge of and passion for the Arab horse are well known, and his paintings and books on the subject are in demand world-wide. In Out of the Desert, he focuses on the Arab’s influence on the light horse and pony breeds of Great Britain. The work is lavishly illustrated with Upton’s own paintings and sketches, as well as archive photographs and fine art by artists such as Stubbs, Munnings, Sorolla and the Pre-Raphaelites. Throughout the narrative Upton draws on a rich source of quotes from contemporary and historic writers.The Arab is recognised as the world’s oldest-known pure equine race, and in earlier centuries was eagerly sought after by the rich and powerful. This peerless breed had long been the first among horses, renowned for its strength, sagacity and speed. Due to the purity of its blood, the Arab displayed an unrivalled pre-potency, and its influence can be traced in breeds across the world – the Morgan horse, the Lipizzaner, the Percheron and many others. Upton’s conclusion that Britain’s native breeds have benefited from the benign influence of Arab blood may challenge the long-held views of some purists, but if you have a place in your heart for the horse or pony, you will undoubtedly want to find a place on your bookshelves for this superb book.

Out of the Desert: The Influence of the Arab Horse on the Light Horse and Native Pony Breeds of Britain

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

Medina Publishing

Since its first publication in 1989, The Arab Horse has been recognized as the definitive work on the subject. This, the third edition, has been substantially revised and redesigned to bring the story of the Arab horse to a new generation of enthusiasts of the breed, and to coincide with the opening of the British Museum’s exhibition on ‘The Horse from Arabia to Royal Ascot’ in May 2012. The first Arab stallion brought into Britain from the Desert of Arabia was Padischah, imported in the 1830s, whose pure-bred line still exists. Since the first edition of The Arab Horse – subtitled ‘A Complete Record of the Arab Horses Imported into Britain from the Desert of Arabia from the 1830s’ – more imports have been discovered. But, as the author admits, one must draw the line somewhere. This book provides a complete record of all the desert-bred horses imported into Britain after Padischah, from whom present-day pure-bred Arab horses descend, up to 1960. In his introductory chapter, Peter Upton provides a narrative history of the desert journeys of those early British enthusiasts who went in search of horses suitable for shipping back to Britain, most notably Major Roger Upton, Wilfrid Scawen and Lady Anne Blunt (founders of the famous Crabbet Stud in 1878), and the Honourable Miss Dillon. Thereafter, and often in the words of the original importers, the author gives detailed descriptions of the eighty-six horses who have lines existing to this day, as well as detailed tables of descent of mares and stallions, and sections on Bedouin horse breeders, the origins of the Arab horse, and the development of strains. Lavishly illustrated with sixty full-page color portraits of horses by the author, and color reproductions of famous paintings of Arab horses by the Old Masters, and with 160 black-and-white photographs, this revised, expanded and reformatted edition of The Arab Horse will delight and inform all those with an interest in this most beautiful breed.

The Arab Horse

Arab Horse

Crowood Pr

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Individual Artists

Mount Orleans Press

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