TW426913 Shoeing the Bay Mare, c.1885-90 (oil on canvas) by Hedley, Ralph (1848-1913); 66x64 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: The powerfully built bay (brown) carthorse in this picture is being held in a stall to keep her still for the farrier to fit the horse shoe; His helpers are pulling on ropes to keep the horse\'s foot up; The iron wheel hoop leaning against the building shows that the farrier is also a blacksmith; The lad on the far right is out of scale with the man next to him, suggesting that they were painted at different times, probably in the studio;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.