How to turn any Horse, Mare, or Gelding; How to Ride genteel & agreeable down Hill; A Bit of Blood; How to be run away with; How to loose your way; One way to Stop your Horse
Six small vignettes make fun of difficulties experienced by riders. 1: A rider walks his mount next to a wooden fence and holds a whip that dangles in front of the horse's nose. 2: A stocky rider on a pony plods down a track, gripping the reins, his tail coat flying behind. 3: A sporting cove wearing a wide brimmed hat and square tailed riding coat and holding a club, caters past a signpost lettered "The Bridle Way / Charsely Down". He turns his face towards the viewer. 4: A terrified rider leans far back struggling to control his runaway mount which leaps over an upturned wheelbarrow and a fallen woman. Behind another rider clings to a bucking mount. 5: A rider plods through wind and rain, his hat across his face preventing him from seeing a signpost that directs towards Oxford in one direction and London in another. 6: A stumpy rider in hat, tailcoat and top boots leans back in his saddle, waves his stick and tries to rein in his mount, a shaggy pony that heads towards a stage coach.
Some of these scenes were developed to illustrate "Academy for Grown Horsemen, and Annals of Horsemanship" (1808), a book by Geoffrey Gambado (a pseudonum for Bunbury).
Some of these scenes were developed to illustrate "Academy for Grown Horsemen, and Annals of Horsemanship" (1808), a book by Geoffrey Gambado (a pseudonum for Bunbury).
Artwork Details
- Title: How to turn any Horse, Mare, or Gelding; How to Ride genteel & agreeable down Hill; A Bit of Blood; How to be run away with; How to loose your way; One way to Stop your Horse
- Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
- Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
- Date: March 1, 1803
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 5 5/8 in. (9.4 × 14.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.863
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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