Caption

Runaway team of horses, print, The horses may have been startled by a steam train that appears to be depicted in the background., printmaker: Albert Heinrich Brendel, Weimar, publisher: Weimarer Radierverein, 1889, Thuringia, paper, chine collé, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 190 mm x width 248 mm, Print is part of a group of prints published between 1880 and 1888 by the Gesellschaft für Radierkunst in Weimar., horse, steam locomotive, A monochrome etching shows two strong horses in motion running side by side across rough ground, their manes and tails flowing and their muscles and hooves rendered with dense crosshatching; they wear harnesses with straps that trail and overlap, and the surrounding landscape includes textured grassy patches, scribbled vegetation, and a distant horizon under a sky filled with fine, flowing lines and a swirling cloud formation.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A85_318

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Rights managed

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40.1Mb (11.3Mb) / 14.5in x 10.8in / 4338 x 3227 (300dpi)

Keywords

Runaway team horses print startled steam train depicted background printmaker Albert Heinrich Brendel Weimar publisher Weimarer Radierverein 1889 Thuringia paper chine collé etching intaglio printmaking technique height 190 mm x width 248 mm Print part group prints published 1880 1888 Gesellschaft für Radierkunst horse steam locomotive monochrome etching two strong horses motion running side side across rough ground manes tails flowing muscles hooves rendered dense crosshatching wear harnesses straps trail overlap surrounding landscape includes textured grassy patches scribbled vegetation distant horizon under sky filled fine flowing lines swirling cloud formation