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The Race Horse (Primary Title)
Characters of Horses (Series Title)

Sawrey Gilpin, English, 1733 - 1807 (Artist)

Educational
Published in 1793
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on heavy laid paper
European Art
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/16 in. (24.13 × 28.42 cm)
Plate (outer): 8 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (20.48 × 24.13 cm)
Plate (inner): 6 1/8 × 7 1/4 in. (15.56 × 18.42 cm)
Image: 5 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (14.13 × 16.99 cm)
85.1287.2
Not on view
Part of series "Characters of Horses" (85.1287.1-8)
Two plates used for each print, one for the subject, title, and publication data and one for the decorative borders.
Signed and dated in plate lower left: S. Gilpin/ 1766 (?)
Printed above image in center: 2. Printed beneath image in center: The Race Horse. Printed beneath image lower right: London Published 17th [?] March 1787. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 15 / 39 / 3.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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