HORSE RACE, SIENA, ITALY
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Horse Race, Siena, Italy

Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909)

ca. 1885

Medium
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Classification
Animals
Dimensions
33.9 × 22.9 cm (13 3/8 × 9 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

A horse race in Siena, Italy. The city in the background, the horses winding down a path in the foreground.