Lori - you made those bridles? They are lovely!
I have a Forbes Hunting Incidents print called The First Day of the Season (featuring a lovely lady riding aside in a beautiful blue habit and bowler). 1885
Other interesting features - all the horses tails are short - not docked - but cut right near the dock. All horses in double bridles.
The bridles are sewn into the bit but the buckles are present as well.
And I have two prints that are from the very early 1800’s - French -titled “L’Arrivee De La Course” and “La Course”, two jockeys in a flat race beating the crap out of each other (not the horses!) and men on the ground and on horseback cheering them on. All horses are in sewn bridles - the throatlash has a buckle. No nosebands.
And I have a print of Warrenton Hunt from the early 1900’s - titled “Gone Away”, signed by the artist, Edward Dwight. (if anyone can tell me about that print I’d be grateful). One man is in a tweed cap, another in a bowler, and one in scarlet - I can only see details on his bridle. Sewn with a buckle at the throatlash. (at least it appears sewn).
One of the hounds in that print is a black and tan - does anyone know the breeding of the hounds in that hunt from that date? Guess that’s the subject of a different thread…
Edited to add that I didn’t intend this post to show off a rather motley and valueless collection of artwork - just pointing out features in those pieces that would have reflected local custom or typical turnout of that period.
