Untitled sheet of equine studies (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 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (27.31 × 37.78 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 12 1/4 in. (22.54 × 31.12 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1310.4
Not on view
Printed upper right: 4. 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 / 35A", "96" and "15"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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