An American Drawn from Life

The image depicts a man on horseback and a man running alongside the horse. The man on horseback wears a brown hat, a long black coat with gold buttons and epaulets, white gloves, and black boots; he holds the reins in his right hand and has a cigarette in his mouth. The horse is brown with a blue saddle blanket, blue bridle and a red saddle cloth; it has one front leg lifted. The man running next to the horse wears a blue divided skirt, a black vest and a tattoo on his left arm; he holds a hat in his right hand. The background is yellow-beige with Japanese text. Title: An American Drawn from Life. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitomi.