"The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."
Date:
1729
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 inches (15.6 × 15.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso, in pen with gray ink, center: "Capriole, when he rises before and at the same Tim[?] | [?]hrow's out his hind legs and quarters upon a stra[?]"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "D2042"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1316
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
horseback riders | man | horseback riding | galloping | sporting art | genre subject | tricorn hats | horse (animal) | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Deconstructed: The NSLM Sporting Screen (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2019-04-12 - 2019-09-15)