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Untitled sheet with gray horse rolling over on a chestnut in a hilly landscape (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
European Art
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 5/8 in. (27.46 × 37.15 cm)
Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (21.59 × 29.21 cm)
Image: 7 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (19.37 × 26.67 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1310.12
Not on view
Signed in plate lower right: J C Zeitter
Printed upper right: 12. Printed within image, lower right: "Drawn & Engraved by J.C.Zeitter." Printed beneath image, 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 / 40A", "106" and "5"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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