ART BUFFS will be able to get up close to one of the Duke of Edinburgh's favourite fell ponies at the Blake Head Gallery in Blake Street this weekend, rendered in bronze by York artist Sally Arnup.
Holtby-based Sally was asked last year to cast the pony as a present for the Duke of Edinburgh's birthday. "He's very interested in competition driving with a team of ponies," Sally said.
"I was asked to work on a particular horse of his called Storm. I went down to Buckingham Palace to present it, and the Queen was there and was rather sweet.
"The Queen also has 70 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and I was able to look at the pictures of horses that he did. In actual fact it turned out that they were very much like the fell pony I was asked to work on."
Sally has received permission to cast an additional number of bronzes identical to the model made for the Duke of Edinburgh, and the one on display at the Blake Head Gallery will be only one of 55 bronzes on show, with prices ranging from hundreds to thousands of pounds.
The gallery was open for a preview until 5pm today, and will be open tomorrow, between 2pm and 5pm.
The gallery is normally open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am until 5pm.
The exhibition ends on Saturday, November 9.
Updated: 11:09 Saturday, October 19, 2002
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