"A stout man rides a trotting horse in profile to the right. followed by a dog. He rises from the saddle with his legsthrust forward, pulling hard at the curb with both hands; the snaffle rein lies on the lean horse's neck. He wears a broad-brimmed round hat and a coat buttoned across his chest by a single button."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Questionable attribution to West in local card catalog., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In lower left corner of image: Gentlemens designs executed gratis., and Blue paper mounting partially removed.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
Two riders having trouble with their mounts on a country road with a sign on the left "to Rumpford 2." The rider on the left has lost his stirrups and is handing onto the horse's head. The rider to the right is taking a header and his horse has stumbled and gone down. At the extreme right is the cause -- a barking dog
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Horses -- Riders falling off -- Sign post to Rumpford.
Publisher:
Pub'd Mar[c]h 15, 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
