The Great Horse

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/355
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 81mm by 82mm 1 slide
      81mm by 82mm

Scope and Content

Image of a reproduction of a drawing by Albrecht Durer of "The Great Horse", which is supposedly the horse from the sixteenth century that the Shire 'is supposed to have derived its ancestry.' Depicts a large white horse standing in front of a soldier.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013