The Dray 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
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (24.77 × 28.1 cm)
Plate (outer): 8 × 9 1/2 in. (20.32 × 24.13 cm)
Plate (inner): 6 1/16 × 7 5/16 in. (15.4 × 18.57 cm)
Image: 5 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (13.81 × 17.46 cm)
85.1287.7
Not on view
Part of series "Characters of Horses" (85.1287.1-8)
Two plates used for each print, one for the subject and title and one for the decorative borders.
Signed and dated in plate lower right: S. Gilpin 1786
Printed above image in center: 7. Printed beneath image in center: The Dray Horse. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 15 / 40 / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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