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The Road 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 3/4 × 10 15/16 in. (24.77 × 27.78 cm)
Plate (outer): 8 × 9 7/16 in. (20.32 × 23.97 cm)
Plate (inner): 6 × 7 1/4 in. (15.24 × 18.42 cm)
Image: 5 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (14.29 × 17.15 cm)
85.1287.4
Not on view
Two plates used for each print, one for the subject and title and one for the decorative borders.
Signed in plate lower right: S. Gilpin
Printed above image in center: 4. Printed beneath image in center: The Road Horse. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 15 / 40A / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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