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The Pad (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
Mellon Collection
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 11 in. (24.29 × 27.94 cm)
Plate (outer): 8 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (20.48 × 24.13 cm)
Plate (inner): 6 1/16 × 7 3/16 in. (15.4 × 18.26 cm)
Image: 5 5/8 × 7 in. (14.29 × 17.78 cm)
85.1287.5
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 1786 (?)
Printed above image in center: 5. Printed beneath image in center: The Pad. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 15 / 40A / 3.
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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