The True Method of Sitting a Horse, Mathematically Delineated
A pair of compasses atop a telescope at top. A man atop a horse below, with his legs extended like those of the compasses.
Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
1809
Hand-colored etching
16.2 x 10.4cm
59.533.1336(4)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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