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@vsm    I'd love to see some of Manning's paintings in real life.  I just know them from books.

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@alliswell   @vsm    I always enjoy Munning's painting of hunt scenes of women riding sidesaddle.  As a former rider, it boggles my mind.  How in the world did they stay on those horses over jumps

My mom had a book of early 20th Century British paintings and his took up a good part of it.  As a kid, I used to spend hours studying the painting in that book.  It never occurred to me to ask why she had the book, as these pictures would have been completely contrary to her taste in decor.  She took many art courses in college so maybe it was a textbook.

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@Kachina624   Truly it is mind-boggling.  Writer and horsewoman Rita Mae Brown once stated, "If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle."

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Just fyi, @alliswell and @Kachina624, Munnings' "Winter Morning" (which my brother owns) shows Violet wearing trousers and riding full saddle.  He painted it in the 1920s, and since he lived until 1959, he may well have painted other women riding full saddle.

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@vsm    I'd love to see some of Munning's paintings in real life.  I only know them from books.  I imagine most British women were riding astride in the '40 and '50 in informal situations, like around the farm.  Side saddle was more formal.