Learning to Ride.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Horace Thayer & Co. American, 1852

Date1852-1853

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 5/16 x 13 1/2in. (23.7 x 34.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young girl is seated sidesaddle on a horse. She wears a striped dress with eyelet trim, a necklace or locket, and shoes and socks. A man wearing a straw hat, a jacket, and trousers holds her right hand in his left hand and holds the horse's head in his right hand. The girl holds the reins in her right hand. The horse has a saddle blanket topped by a second blanket. A stirrup dangles beneath the horse's belly. A dog, probably a greyhound or a whippet, runs behind the horse. An ornamental urn containing flowers is on a stone wall in the background.

Object number1995.182.107

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title in square frame within image, lower center, "LEARNING TO RIDE." Lithographed stock number beneath image, "412."
On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 1 [? number effaced] / #45 [? number partially effaced]"; upper right, "A.C. BATES" "Dwr 17" "consv 1987 CPC"; lower right, accession number.

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