Stampede
1984
pencil and wash on paper
28h x 61w (cm)
Private Collection
Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities
Animals | Birds
Landscapes | Gardens
Towns | Town Life | Buildings
Rainbows
Panoramas
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
The Art of Richard Eurich
- REP-PBI think this is probably based on the New Forest ‘Drift’ which is the annual round-up of the ponies on the Forest for a health check. The Commoners ride like characters from the Wild West and with great skill herd them together. It is very dramatic. However the ponies and riders at the front in the drawing are not as urgent as the ones further back so I’m not sure what’s going on. And Richard has transposed the scene to a Yorkshire environment with some mills in the background with a possible hint of a rainbow.
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Books
- "The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 126, pg 146]