Quiz: Hästen i historien

[Hans]

Jag borde lägga till svårigheten att hitta på en ny fråga när man svarat. Då i tråden om qvissar.

Återkommer efter middag och funderande.

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Hans

[Hans]

Var kan vi tänkas vara?

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Hans

[Markus Holst]

Hör reliefen till frågan eller är den kamouflage?

[Hans]

Reliefen och metallfiguren tillsammans är frågan. De hänger ihop och står på platsen ifråga. De lustiga färgerna är bara till för att störa googleguden.

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Hans

[Hans]

Eftersom det är jag som frågar så kan ni nog misstänka vad monumentet handlar om.

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Hans

[Markus Holst]

Trams?

Jag gissar på Hannibal marsch över Alperna.

[Hans]

Jag har noterat den kommentaren och jag är långsint.

Mig veterligen var inga kameler/dromedarer med då. Men blandningen av olika djur är en ledtråd då monumentet inte bara är ägnat åt hästar.

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Hans

[Markus Holst]

Jag gissar att Noaks ark också är fel?

[Hans]

Ja. Mig veterligen kvalar t.ex. giraffer inte in på monumentet. Elefanter, hästar, puckeldjur, mulor, hundar samt duvor m.m. kvalar in.

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Hans

[Patrik Öbrink]

Kan det vara Animals in War Memorial i Hyde Park?

[Hans]

Och Patrik rider vidare mot solnedgången.





https://animalsinwar.org.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_War_Memorial

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Hans

[Patrik Öbrink]

Vi fortsätter på temat krig.

Här ser vi en häst som är känd tack vare sin ägare och ryttare. Deltog i ett avgörande krig.

[Markus Holst]

Sadeln ser ut som 1800-tal. Kan det vara Marengo, döpt efter slaget i Marengo

[Patrik Öbrink]

Nej, det är inte Marengo.

Ska sägas att litografin är målad på 1900-talet så det är inte säkert att alla detaljer är historiskt korrekta.

Här är en samtida målning:

[Femtiotrean]

The Prayer at Valley Forge by Arnold Friberg, 1999, copyright permission. In one revolutionary war story, some inhabitants claim to have seen and heard General George Washington praying alone in the woods and in his quarters while wintering with his troops at Valley Forge.

[During the winter of 1777 to 1778, Washington camped with his troops at Valley Forge, nearly twenty miles north of Philadelphia. Images of bloody footprints in the snow, soldiers huddled around lonely campfires, and Washington on his knees, praying that his army might survive often come to mind when people hear the words "Valley Forge." But truer images of the place would show General Washington using the time between December 1777 and June 1778 to train his men and to fight to maintain his position as the head of the Continental Army./quote]

Blueskin was a gray horse ridden by George Washington. He was one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War. The horse was a half-Arabian, sired by the stallion "Ranger", also known as "Lindsay's Arabian", said to have been obtained from the Sultan of Morocco. Blueskin was a gift to Washington from Colonel Benjamin Tasker Dulany (c. 1752–1816) of Maryland. Dulany married Elizabeth French, a ward of Washington's, who gave her away at her wedding to Dulany on February 10, 1773.

Blueskin, due to his white hair coat, was the horse most often portrayed in artwork depicting Washington on a horse. Washington's other primary riding horse was Nelson, a chestnut gelding said to be calmer under fire than Blueskin.

Blueskin was a favorite of George Washington; due to his Arabian bloodline, the horse had "great endurance and could carry Washington (who was said to be over six feet tall) all day on the march or in battle." However, Washington preferred to ride his other horse, Nelson, in battle since Blueskin was prone to skittishness around gunfire and cannon blasts while Nelson was more composed in those circumstances. Though Blueskin did not see as much battle as Nelson, he is the horse who appears most frequently in paintings of George Washington as a general in the Revolution. Blueskin was preferred for portraits because of his white hair coat, as opposed to Nelson's chestnut coat. Grays are born darker, but adult hair coat often becomes pure white, and their skin is black, which can appear bluish in sunlight (thus the name)