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[Beach Horse and Wagon] – Antique Wall Art

[Beach Horse and Wagon], [ca. 1897] — historic drawing
[Beach Horse and Wagon], [ca. 1897]. Historic drawing from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic drawing captures [Beach Horse and Wagon] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A horse and wagon on the sands at Margate, the Kent resort Londoners reached by rail for a day or a holiday, sets this drawing apart from the other horse subjects on the board. It was probably made for Elizabeth Robins Pennell's article "London at Play: On Margate's Sands," which ran in *The Century* in August 1897, though the record indicates the drawing was not published with it. The small pen-and-ink sheet is signed in ink and shows the kind of everyday beach traffic that illustrators of the period liked to record. Victorian seaside holidays drew working and middle-class visitors alike, so scenes like this one document a popular leisure culture as much as the animals themselves.

Created / published[ca. 1897]
Medium1 drawing on cream board : pen and ink ; sheet 11.1 x 14.2 cm.
GenreL.A. List of original drawings and paintings
NotesDrawing probably done for, but not published in: Pennell, Elizabeth Robins. London at Play. On Margate's Sands." The Century 54 (August 1897): 569-576. Signed in ink
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,201 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-145716

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