Six Heads of Horses Showing Expressions (Primary Title)
Rudiments for Drawing the Horse (Series Title)

After, Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
John Christian Zeitter, English, 1798 – 1862 (Engraver)

1837
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 3/8 in. (26.83 × 36.51 cm)
Plate: 9 1/4 × 12 in. (23.5 × 30.48 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1310.1
Not on view
Printed upper right: 1. Printed beneath image, lower right: "Etched by J.C. Zeitter, from a Sketch by his Father"; lower center: "London, Pubd. Jany.1st.1837, by R .ACKERMANN, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent St." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 33" and "93"
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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