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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
Horse accomplishments. Sketch 1, An astronomer!! / Woodward delin ; Rowlandson sculp.
London : Pubd 1 Augt 1799 by R Ackermann 101 Strand, [1799]
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image: 202 x 268 mm; sheet: 258 x 345 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.739
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a rider struggling to control an uncooperative horse which balks with its head thrown back and nose pointed skyward. Text within image reads: This Horse is certainly an Astronomer!--he is perpetually star gazing.
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Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), ca. 1760-1809, designer.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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