Mark Phillips, a famed British equestrian. .
The silver equestrian seal of Robert Fitzwalter is a notable example of the 13th century, the period of the finest seal engraving.
With a few notable exceptions the roughly 125 statuettes, portrait busts, reliefs and small equestrian monuments in this exhibition display a cold impersonality, cramped imagination and slavish obeisance to the official culture of their times.
His bronze equestrian portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (1587 94; Piazza della Signoria, Florence) is also notable.
Notable for its atmospheric venues, including remote islands and underground caves, the festival will make use of the Necarne Equestrian Centre at the ruined Necarne Castle for a production of Benjamin Britten's last vocal work, Phaedra.
It was a strong collection, notable for varied proportions — dropped-crotch trousers tight at the calf, upholstery-scale overcoats, snug jackets with bum-cooler skirting, modified equestrian field boots — and masterfully combined textures.
The Equestrian was first.
Pebble Beach Equestrian Center, Pebble Beach.
