Who's gonna ride your White horses? 🐴
The Westbury White Horse, a famous landmark, was probably cut into the chalk about 400 years ago, but its appearance has changed over time.
In 1778, the horse was re-cut de a design ar to its present rance. But what did the arter horse look i
derived from The tradition probably derived hether the Whee Horse in Odhad been creed in Sacs prees to celebe such a victory
Cut into the chalk, the horse only had to be scoured reply to keep it white. The lut recorded ended scouring took place 1851 dhe e 1950 horse was preserved by covering
As this Victorian tradition of Uffington horse (Oxon) depicts, it was believed for many years that white horses were created by Saxons to celebrate battle victories. We now know however that the Uffington horse was much older and created in the
A sketch from 1772, ely to have en accidentally reversed during priming
and
The horse as it appears on a map from 1773, perhaps a more reliable depiction
Westbury White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 miles east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort, it is the oldest of several white horses carved in Wiltshire. It was restored in 1778, an action which may have obliterated another horse that had occupied the same slope. A contemporary engraving from around 1772 appears to show a horse facing in the opposite direction that was rather smaller than the present figure. There is, however, no documentation or other evidence for the existence of a chalk horse at Westbury before 1772. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury_White_Horse
Who's gonna ride your White horses? 🐴
The Westbury White Horse, a famous landmark, was probably cut into the chalk about 400 years ago, but its appearance has changed over time.
In 1778, the horse was re-cut de a design ar to its present rance. But what did the arter horse look i
derived from The tradition probably derived hether the Whee Horse in Odhad been creed in Sacs prees to celebe such a victory
Cut into the chalk, the horse only had to be scoured reply to keep it white. The lut recorded ended scouring took place 1851 dhe e 1950 horse was preserved by covering
As this Victorian tradition of Uffington horse (Oxon) depicts, it was believed for many years that white horses were created by Saxons to celebrate battle victories. We now know however that the Uffington horse was much older and created in the
A sketch from 1772, ely to have en accidentally reversed during priming
and
The horse as it appears on a map from 1773, perhaps a more reliable depiction
Westbury White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 miles east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort, it is the oldest of several white horses carved in Wiltshire. It was restored in 1778, an action which may have obliterated another horse that had occupied the same slope. A contemporary engraving from around 1772 appears to show a horse facing in the opposite direction that was rather smaller than the present figure. There is, however, no documentation or other evidence for the existence of a chalk horse at Westbury before 1772. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury_White_Horse