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Original artist:
Schreyer, Adolf  Search this
Graphic artist:
Unger, William  Search this
Publisher:
Kaeser, P.  Search this
Printer:
Kargl, F.  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
image: 10.5 cm x 22 cm; 4 1/8 in x 8 11/16 in
plate: 17.5 cm x 24 cm; 6 7/8 in x 9 7/16 in
sheet: 33.5 cm x 41 cm; 13 3/16 in x 16 1/8 in
Object Name:
print
Etching
Object Type:
Etching
Date made:
ca 1880
Description:
Christian Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899) painted this dramatic scene of galloping horses pulling a wagon through the Wallachian countryside (now part of Romania). William Unger’s etching, made about 1880, was selected for exhibition at the Cincinnati Exposition in 1888 in an enormous display of past and present graphic art curated by Sylvester R. Koehler, the Smithsonian’s Graphic Arts Curator. Koehler was also a prolific author, editor, and advocate of contemporary etching. He published Unger’s etchings in <I>Foreign Etchings</I> (1887) and in his journal, <I>The American Art Review</I>.
Schreyer’s paintings of horses and peasant life remain popular today. <I>The Chase</I>, his painting showing Arab horsemen dashing through a field, sold for $464,000 in 2005.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Horses  Search this
ID Number:
GA.14981
Catalog number:
14981
Accession number:
94830
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-3390-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
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