Plate 39, from "World in Miniature"

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

1816 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery." A horse race in a field, with some horses and riders falling onto the ground and running to get out of the way. Spectators watch at right.

Artist

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1816

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1917