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The Bareback Rider

Print
1877-1970 (made)
Artist/Maker

Etching depicting a woman, dressed as a ballerina and seated sideways on a resting horse. The horse is being given a treat by a man in a clown costume standing to one side.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Bareback Rider (popular title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Brief description
Laura Knight, 'The Bareback Rider'. Presentation plate issues by the Print Collectors' Club, 1935. Etching.
Physical description
Etching depicting a woman, dressed as a ballerina and seated sideways on a resting horse. The horse is being given a treat by a man in a clown costume standing to one side.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 25.4cm
  • From catalogue width: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Laura Knight (Signed in pencil)
  • PC (Inscribed with monogram of Print Collectors Club.)
Credit line
Given by the Print Collectors' Club
Object history
Presentation plate issues by the Print Collectors' Club, 1935.
Production
Issued 1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1182-1935

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Record createdJuly 24, 2008
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