This is a drawing featuring a person riding a horse in a dynamic landscape. The central illustration shows a person riding a galloping horse across a rugged terrain or shoreline with expressive, swirling strokes. The background is richly textured, with abstract patterns and illustrations, including sketches of figures and a ship mast with birds. The composition conveys a feeling of urgency and dynamism, with swirling lines and contrasting dark and light patches suggesting movement and chaos.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1879/1880
- Medium
- etching, drypoint, softground etching, salt lift, aquatint (spirit ground) and roulette in black on Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- 3020 × 4758 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original