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Horse Accomplishments, Sketch 6: A Time Keeper !!

Etcher Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
August 1, 1799
Not on view
One of a set of twelve prints that make fun of different sorts of mounts. Here, a man on horseback ambles along throug the countryside making notes in a book. Text above reads: "This is the finest Horse in the World for a calculation–keeps time to a Second! he goes tis true but like the finest wheels of a clock his motion is scarcely perceptible!"

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Horse Accomplishments, Sketch 6: A Time Keeper !!
  • Series/Portfolio: Horse Accomplishments
  • Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Artist: After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809 London)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Date: August 1, 1799
  • Medium: Etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (23.5 × 30.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.636
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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