Caption
The fun of the horse race, Horse race in the field, Comic events from everyday life, Comic gallery, cartoon, Series number, 67, Various riders participate in a horse race in the open field, in which one has fallen., stamp: 'Timbre Royal Seine 3 c.', annotation: '227', printmaker: Victor Adam, France, printer (person): Aubert & Junca, Paris, publisher: Aubert & Cie., 1837-10-11, printer (person), paper, lithography, letterpress printing, lithography with text in letterpress on verso, height 235 mm x width 349 mm, A wide, sepia-toned engraving shows a rural scene with several horses and riders moving across uneven ground; some horses are rearing or leaping while riders appear perched or falling, and one rider is depicted on the ground with arms raised. Toward the right, a horse pulls a small two-wheeled carriage with two seated figures, one holding the reins. The landscape includes rolling hills, a distant fence line with figures beyond it, and a cluster of trees and brush on the far right with detailed foliage and a broken wooden fence. The foreground ground surface shows textured tracks and ruts. The overall image is rendered with fine cross-hatching and stippling, producing soft tonal variations across the sky and terrain.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B38_174
License type
Rights managed
Available size
39.1Mb (9.6Mb) / 16.7in x 9.1in / 5009 x 2728 (300dpi)