Horse Accomplishments, Sketch 3: A Whistler !!

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|George Murgatroyd Woodward

August 1, 1799 · Etching and aquatint · Drawings and Prints

One of a set of twelve prints that make fun of different sorts of mounts. Here, a man rides to the right with liquide dripping from his horse's nose. Text above reads: "This is what I call Travelling to music! one continual wheeze from Hyde Park Corner to Hammersmith!"

Artist

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|George Murgatroyd Woodward

Date

August 1, 1799

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959