A late 18th-century hand-colored English sporting engraving of a horse and rider
Depicts a dark chestnut horse named Copperbottom being ridden by a gentleman. The piece is a classic example of “English Sporting Art,” which was highly fashionable in Great Britain. The prints were originally made using metal plates and then individually hand-painted with watercolors.
English Sporting Art; Equestrian history; British aristocracy.
Published by J. Wheble, the founder of The Sporting Magazine, this piece documents the equestrian lifestyle of the British aristocracy. It features the work of Benjamin Marshall, one of England’s most important sporting painters.
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