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Swishing at a Rasper... (Primary Title)
Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders (Series Title)
The Reverse of Sporting Phrases; from the Work entitled Indispensable Accomplishments (Alternate Title)

Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)

1815
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (27.62 × 37.78 cm)
Plate: 8 15/16 × 11 7/8 in. (22.7 × 30.16 cm)
Image: 7 7/16 × 10 3/4 in. (18.89 × 27.31 cm)
85.1300.6
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: 6. Swishing at a Rasper, from your own timidity and mismanagement, cause the Horse to Swerve and at last to / Bolt through the only bad place in the Fence, leaving you behind in the elegant atttitude of a Spread Eagle./ London, Published 1st. Septr. 1815, by S & J. Fuller, 34. Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 4" and "13" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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