As a Racer after Running

by Francis Jukes, after Charles Ansell, b. 1752

$475 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A charming plate depicting a mature horse being groomed after participating in a race, from a suite of six prints after Ansell entitled Life of a Race Horse. The animal and genre painter and draughtsman Charles Ansell was renowned for his graceful images of horses. This beautiful plate comes from his most celebrated work, Life of a Race Horse, which was published in 1784. Francis Jukes was a prolific engraver who was chiefly known for his topographical prints, the bulk of

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