09-05-2015, 12:01 PM
Quote:Most odd. Even when you open the image first? (Forgot to mention that part, sorry). Emilio has sorted it, now, however.Even then. I'm probably missing something quite elementary but, as you say, Emilio has sorted it out anyway.
Back to the painting itself: as a rider, what do you think of the practicality of wielding a contus while riding sidesaddle? I know that modern sidesaddles are pretty secure (generations of gentlewomen riding to hounds!) but what evidence is there, if any, for ancient sidesaddles. I know of none.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
