Horse Accomplishments, Sketch 5: A Politician !!

Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson

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 on horseback has stopped outside a tavern and holds a drink while his mount leans down towards the newspaper of another man seated at a table. Text above reads: "What are you poking your nose here about you don't want to read the News paper do you?"

Artist

Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

August 1, 1799

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959