Victoria and Albert Museum
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Year of the Horse
Guillaume Regamey, 'A Team of Percheron horses'
Guillaume Regamey, 'A Team of Percheron horses'
Guillaume Regamey
'A Team of Percheron horses'
Great Britain (possibly painted)
1870
Museum no. CAI.71
The Percheron is a heavy draft horse originally from the Perche region west of Paris. This picture depicts a mud-cart tipping out its load. A critic described it as ‘a pleasant thought of [the artist’s] less serious moments, its execution is thorough and solid’.
