"Steady Boy"

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"Steady Boy" Ref: SB

A British cavalryman calms his nervous horse, startled by a Bristol Fighter flying overhead, as they advance on the Western Front during the First World War. Graham Turner captures the bond between horse and rider in his sensitive tribute to the millions of horses that lost their lives during this conflict, which would see the old ways of waging war superceded by new technology and warfare on an industrial scale.

Giclée Print published from an oil painting by Graham Turner.

Each print individually printed to order on very high quality heavyweight paper, and then signed on the border by the artist.

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Available in two alternative sizes, and on canvas - select size required below -

Print Size

20"x 20.5" (51cm x 52cm) £89.00

17"x 17.5" (43cm x 45cm) £69.00

'Steady Boy' - WW1 British army cavalry horse and Bristol Fighter - Equestrian Art by Graham Turner

Steady Boy - Canvas print Ref: SB-139

This painting is also available reproduced on good quality canvas, individually printed before being stretched on wooden stretcher bars - just like the original oil painting - and then varnished for protection.

Overall canvas size 20"x 20" (51cm x 51cm)

Note that canvas prints have no white border - this is the overall size of the canvas on its wooden stretcher bars and the image extends to the edge.

Each canvas is individually signed (on the reverse, as there is no border) by the artist, Graham Turner.

Canvas orders going to an overseas address should email us at info@studio88.co.uk for a shipping price - our usual shipping rates do not apply.

Price: £159.00

" When I was researching the First World War figure for the set of army uniforms stamps I painted for the Royal Mail a few years ago, I came across a photo of a column of British cavalry crossing a trench, and one of the horses so reminded me of my own horse Magic that I vowed that I would one day paint something to try to capture the relationship between man and horse in such extreme circumstances...." Graham Turner

"Steady Boy" - winner of the Roy Nockolds Trophy, voted for by the public, at the 2011 Guild of Aviation Artists annual exhibition.

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BATTLE OF THE SOMME CENTENERY 1916-2016

THE CHARGE AT HIGH WOOD

In July 2016 Graham Turner took part in a two-day commemorative ride on the Somme battlefield, in full cavalry kit, retracing the steps of the only cavalry action to take place during the battle, the charge at High Wood, 14th July 1916.

CLICK HERE to read an article Graham has written for 'Battlefield', the magazine on the Battlefields Trust, about the charge and recounting his own experiences a century later.

'The Great War holds a terrible fascination for me, and my own personal love of horses inevitably makes their involvement in this horrific conflict particularly poignant. I am honoured to be taking part in this commemorative ride, and as we visit the various locations and cemeteries on our route we will remember those whose lives were lost, both human and equine.

(Photo top right) - Soldiers from the 20th Deccan Horse just before the charge at High Wood. (c) IWM (Q823)

NOT MUCH FURTHER

Graham Turner's oil painting Not Much Further is also available as a print, on paper or canvas. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

First World War Art

Studio 88 also publish several other giclée prints from First World War aviation paintings by Graham Turner, such as the award winning 'Into the Hands of Fate'. For details of these CLICK HERE.

Graham Turner has painted many different periods of history - CLICK HERE to go to the main Historical Art menu for details of all available paintings, prints and cards (prints from £15, cards £1.50)