Cecil Aldin Illustrations for Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (28 April 1870 – 6 January 1935), was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rural buildings in chalk, pencil and also wash sketching. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds, and many of his pictures illustrated hunting. Aldin's early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. (Wikipedia)

"AS THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN ... WE STOPPED AT THE PRINCIPAL
HOTEL IN THE MARKET PLACE "

"THE FIRST PLACE THAT I CAN WELL REMEMBER, WAS A LARGE PLEASANT MEADOW WITH A POND OF CLEAR WATER IN IT“

THE DOGS CAME DASHING ACROSS THE FIELD. . .THE HORSES FOLLOWING CLOSE UPON THE DOGS 

„I SHALL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TRAIN THAT RAN BY“

„THE NEW BIT WAS VERY PAINFUL, AND I REARED UP SUDDENLY“

„I WILL NEVER SAY I WAS NOT FRIGHTENED, FOR I WAS, I STOPPED STILL, AND I BELIEVE, I TREMBLED“

THEN THE BOY GOT OFF AND GAVE HIM A HARD THRASHING

„I SAW JAMES COMING THROUGH THE SMOKE, LEADING GINGER“

THE WHEELS HAD STUCK FAST IN THE STIFF MUD OF SOME  DEEPS RUTS

YORK PROMPTLY SET HIMSELF FLAT ON HER HEAD TO PREVENT HER STRUGGLING

„HE GAVE ME A STEADY REIN, I GATHERED MYSELF TOGETHER AND WITH ONE LEAP CLEARED BOTH DYKE AND BANK“

LORD GEORGE TOOK GINGER FOR HUNTING

SHE STRAINED HERSELF TO THE UTMOST AND CAME IN WITH THE FIRST THREE HORSES

„THERE, THAT’S THE STONE YOUR HORSE HAS PICKED UP“

A HORSE FAIR...“THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF BARGAINING, RUNNING UP AND BEATING DOWN“

„WITHOUT A MASTER OR FRIEND, I WAS ALONE ON THAT GREAT SLAUGHTER GROUND“

„AT THIS FAIR I FOUND MYSELF IN COMPANY WITH THE BROKEN-DOWN HORSES“

„I WAS DRIVEN EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK OR SO“

1916