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Galloping Horse
Horse in Full Gallop
Galloping Horse
A. F. Davenport (American, 19th century)
Medium/Technique
Pen, brown, blue and lavender inks on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 46.8 x 58.6 cm (18 7/16 x 23 1/16 in.) (rough edges)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number54.1082
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1399, fig. 381 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- Calligraphy. Caparisoned horse, galloping to left, mane and tail flying. Calligraphic border top and sides.
InscriptionsBeneath horse, on scroll in blue ink: A.F. Davenport/ Teacher of Plain/ and Ornamental Writing/ No 4 Pennimans Row/ North Adams/ Mass.
Provenance1954, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 14, 1954)