#robert smith surtees

[blackswaneuroparedux]

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

Robert Smith Surtees

[clove-pinks]

Not to be Ohh Mister Waffles at 2 in the morning, but I am not over Mr. Waffles, from the 1852 novel Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees.

Mr. Waffles was a "pretty man." Tall, slim, and slight, with long curly light hair, pink and white complexion, visionary whiskers, and a tendency to moustache that could best be seen sideways. He had light blue eyes; while his features generally were good, but expressive of little beyond great good-humour. In dress, he was both smart and various; indeed, we feel a difficulty in fixing him in any particular costume, so frequent and opposite were his changes. He had coats of every cut and colour. Sometimes he was the racing man with a bright-button'd Newmarket brown cut-away, and white-cord trousers, with drab cloth-boots; anon, he would be the officer, and shine forth in a fancy forage cap, cocked jauntily over a profusion of well-waxed curls, a richly braided surtout, with military over-alls strapped down over highly varnished boots, whose hypocritical heels would sport a pair of large rowelled, long-necked, ringing, brass spurs. Sometimes he was a Jack tar, with a little glazed hat, a once-round tye, a checked shirt, a blue jacket, roomy trousers, and broad-stringed pumps; and, before the admiring ladies had well digested him in that dress, he would be seen cantering away on a long-tailed white barb, in a pea-green duck-hunter, with cream-coloured leather and rose-tinted tops.

[...] He had always been a most important personage among the ladies, but as the men couldn't marry him, those who didn't want to borrow money of him, of course, ran him down. It used to be, "Look at that dandified ass, Waffles, I declare the sight of him makes me sick;" or, "What a barber's apprentice that fellow is, with his ringlets all smeared with Macassar."

HELLO????

And of course he's illustrated by John Leech!!

I have never read R.S. Surtees other than skimming him, but Phillis and Cecil Cunnington used him a lot as a source on clothing and fashion for Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century.

[alfieshawfmp]

Illustration and image manipulation

British Library digitised image from page 346 of "The 'Jorrocks' edition"

Image taken from: Title: "The 'Jorrocks' edition"Author(s): Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864 [person] ; Romford, Facey [person]British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 012618.h.16"Page: 346 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication)Place of publication: London (England)Date of publication: 1892Publisher: Bradbury, AgnewType of resource: MonographLanguage(s): EnglishPhysical description: viii, 405 pages (8°)

During my experimentation and inspiration phase, I've accumulated hundreds of esoteric public domain artwork. As you can see above, when I reverse image search them, theres no trace of the origin to these artworks. On the British Library page where I found it, there are authors and dates to the imagery but even the books are difficult to get a hold of. As an experiment, I tried 'restoring' some of these lost/forgotten illustrations by tracing and illustrating over them.

Are these relevant to the national trust? no. But i still find it useful to explore and experiment with this style of illustration to potentially weave in with my future design. These esoteric illustrations do remind me of some of the trendy designs amongst clothing brands popular with contemporary audiences.

[recoiloperated]

“The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.”

-Robert Smith Surtees

The thing about all the trad discourse is that men who are strong leaders don’t boast about being strong leaders all the time, they just are.

The ones who boast are the red flag men, girlies

[merelygifted]

- Robert S Surtees, from MR FACEY ROMFORD’S HOUNDS (1865)

THE ORIGINAL POST HAS BEEN MARKED AS “SENSITIVE” AND NSFW, and has been in appeal FOR MONTHS! I still get followed by hundreds of actual PORN BOTS, but u marked THIS post as “SENSITIVE.”  Guess I know whose side yr on, tumblr.

Try, try again...

[asfaltics]

crosswalk round the rooia, lieu

scribble window, 20200319

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i.e. After exchanging a few nothings, . . ...o.o. with an air of easy ixoditlerei: , round the rooia, lieu

OCR embarrassment by poor scan, pointing to Handley Cross; or, the Spa Hunt. A sporting tale. By the author (Robert Smith Surtees, 1805-1864 *) of “Jorrock’s Jaunts and Jollities,” &c. vol. 1 (London, 1843) : 192 BL copy, digitized October 1, 2018, source jpeg  

[clarasimone]

That one line of poetry by Robert Smith Surtees in Iain Glen’s mouth was so worth the wait. Thank you @itszulasworld​

John

[noelcollection]

Check out this binding! While the text was published in 1852, the book appears to have been rebound at a later date. It consists of half red morocco over marbled boards with a gilt spine. The endpapers are also decorated.

Images from:

Surtees, Robert Smith. Mr. Sponge's sporting tour. London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1852. Call Number: PR5499 .S4 M5 1852 Catalog record: https://bit.ly/2Ie5xk7

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[artfortheages]

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

Robert Smith Surtees

[blackswaneuroparedux]

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

- Robert Smith Surtees

[clove-pinks]

The Victoria & Albert Museum is determined to make me read the novels of R.S. Surtees, I think. Surtees is quoted by the V&A to describe men's apparel for multiple items in their clothing and textiles collection. He was known as a comic writer, and apparently a very clothing-focused writer?? e.g. the fox head waistcoat of his character Mr. Jawleyford.

[thehorsedispatch]

New Post has been published on https://horsetoloan.com/horse-riding/horse-quotes/

Horse Quotes

Horse Quotes

For all the horse lovers out there, we have put together a list of the all-time best horse quotes ever. Of course, these weren’t actually spoken by horses, but most of them were spoken by horse lovers, and all of them were spoken about horses. 

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.

Winston Churchill 

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. 

Winston Churchill

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. 

W.C. Fields

I’d rather ride on a Mustang than in one.

Bailey Ann Neal

When your horse follows you without being asked, when he rubs his head on yours, and when you look at him and feel a tingle down your spine… you know you are loved.

John Lyons

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

Robert Smith Surtees

A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character. 

Tesio

We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that so huge and powerful and intelligent an animal as a horse should allow another, and far more feeble animal, to ride upon its back.

Peter Gray

He doth nothing but talk of his horses. O for a horse with wings! When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.

William Shakespeare 

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse.

Unknown

There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favorite place is on the back of my horse.

Rolf Kopfle

A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adult treasure.

Rebecca Carroll

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

Robert Smith Surtees 

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger than a man on foot.

John Steinbeck 

In their eyes shine stars of wisdom and courage to guide men to the heavens.

Jodie Mitchell

A horse doesn’t care how much you know until he knows how much you care. Put your hand on your horse and your heart in your hand.

Pat Parelli 

No heaven can heaven be, if my horse isn’t there to welcome me.

Unknown

Horses lend us the wings we lack.

Pam Brown

God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses.

R.B. Cunningham Graham 

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a horse.

John Galsworthy

I often said there is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

Ronald Reagan

No philosophers so thoroughly comprehended us as dogs and horses.

Herman Melville 

For one to fly, one needs only to take the reins.

Melissa James

One can get in a car and see what man has made. One must get on a horse to see what God has made.

Unknown

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and freedom.

Sharon Ralls Lemon

The horse. Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity. A willing servant, yet never a slave.

Ronald Duncan

The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back.

Amber Senti

There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain’t a thing.

Will Rogers

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks – but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.

Pam Brown

A dog may be man’s best friend, but the horse wrote history.

Unknown

You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally, beside me.

Pam Brown

Wherever man has left his footprints in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we find the hoofprint of a horse beside it.

John Trotwood Moore

Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning – the faithful horse has been with us always.

Elizabeth Cotton

Horse thou art truly a creature, for thou fliest without wings and conquorest without sword.

Unknown 

There is no better place to heal a broken heart than on the back of a horse.

Missy Lyons

You and your horse. His strength and beauty. Your knowledge and patience and determination and understanding and love. That’s what fuses the two of you onto this marvelous partnership that makes you wonder… “What can heaven offer any better than what I have here on Earth?”

Monica Dickens

At its finest, rider and horse are joined not by tack, but by trust. Each is totally reliant upon the other. Each is the selfless guardian of the other’s very well-being.

Unknown 

It is the horse’s gift to connect us with Heaven and our own footsteps.

Ronni Sweet

The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears.

Proverb 

The horse moved like a dancer, which is not surprising. A horse is a beautiful animal, but he is perhaps the most remarkable because he moves as if he always hears music. 

Mark Helprin 

[merelygifted]

“Rot the beggar!” exclaims Romford.

Good thing he was wearing his old hat.

John Leech illustration

[fuzzysparrow]

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British Library digitised image from page 292 of "Plain or Ringlets? By the author of 'Handley Cross' [R. S. Surtees] . ... With illustrations by John Leech"

Image taken from: Title: "Plain or Ringlets? By the author of 'Handley Cross' [R. S. Surtees] . ... With illustrations by John Leech" Author(s): Leech, John, 1817-1864 [person] ; Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864 [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 012618.h.35" Page: 292 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication) Place of publication: London (England) Date of publication: 1892 Publisher: Bradbury, Agnew Edition: Another edition The Jorrocks edition With illustrations by John Leech Type of resource: Monograph Language(s): English Physical description: x, 398 pages (8°) Explore this item in the British Library’s catalogue: 002929606 (physical copy) and 014827478 (digitised copy) (numbers are British Library identifiers) Other links related to this image: - View this image as a scanned publication on the British Library’s online viewer (you can download the image, selected pages or the whole book) - Order a higher quality scanned version of this image from the British Library Other links related to this publication: - View all the illustrations found in this publication - View all the illustrations in publications from the same year (1892) - Download the Optical Character Recognised (OCR) derived text for this publication as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) - Explore and experiment with the British Library’s digital collections The British Library community is able to flourish online thanks to freely available resources such as this. You can help support our mission to continue making our collection accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment, by donating on the British Library supporter webpage here. Thank you for supporting the British Library. from BLPromptBot https://ift.tt/33DhTgK