Sices, or Grooms, Leading out Horses/Les Palfreniers ou Sices, Promenant les Cheveaux
$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
For the British colonists living in India during the nineteenth-century, modest bungalows situated on plantations became the equivalent of a country estate in England. As pictured in this fine image from Williamson's 'Oriental Field Sports', these 'estates' frequently included stables, which were usually maintained by local servants. Horses were often used in hunting and various other recreational pursuits. One of the finest and most detailed works on Indian Sport and
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