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Untitled sheet with a gray horse with black mane and tail struggling to get to its feet (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 7/8 × 14 5/8 in. (27.62 × 37.15 cm)
Plate: 9 × 11 15/16 in. (22.86 × 30.32 cm)
Image: 8 5/8 × 10 11/16 in. (21.91 × 27.15 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1310.11
Not on view
Signed in plate lower right: J C Zeitter
Printed upper right: 11. 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 / 39", "105" and "4"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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