Two men grooming and getting a race horse ready on a race course. Lithograph by E. Purcell after C. Vernet.

Two dogs fighting over a piece of wood. Lithograph after A.C.H. Vernet.

A man driving a a horse-drawn waggon has stopped to ask the way of a man at the side of the road carrying a bundle: he tells him to go back in the opposite direction. Lithograph atributed to E. Purcell after C. Vernet.

A mounted gentleman is pulling a recalcitrant horse by its reins up a path leading to a cottage. Lithograph by A. C. H. Vernet.

An elegantly dressed woman on horseback. Lithograph after C. Vernet, ca. 1800.

An accident in the countryside with two horses running into each other in front of a tree. Lithograph by A. C. Vernet.

A gentleman on a horse is trying to grasp the reins of another horse while both horses are galloping. Lithograph by A. C. H. Vernet.

A female travelling barber shaving a man on the edge of a coal field. Coloured aquatint by P.L. Debucourt after C. Vernet.

A wine-dealer travelling on a cart pulled by a horse and carrying casks of wine. Lithograph by E. Purcell after Carle Vernet.

A woman on horse-back raising a hand to catch an elaborate wig as it slips from her head; her hat has already been swept away. Process print by Charaire after Darcis after C. Vernet.

Two men dressed in dilapidated Napoleonic (?) military uniforms, riding decrepit horses, followed by two dogs. Coloured aquatint by Debucourt after A.C.H. Vernet, ca. 1820.

1 print : lithograph ; image 25.5 x 22 cm

A Russian horse, held by a warrior in armour. Lithograph by E. Purcell after C. Vernet.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 34.4 x 42.5 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 14.3 x 20.5 cm

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A Russian horse, held by a warrior in armour. Lithograph by E. Purcell after C. Vernet.

Two men dressed in dilapidated Napoleonic (?) military uniforms, riding decrepit horses, followed by two dogs. Coloured aquatint by Debucourt after A.C.H. Vernet, ca. 1820.

A man driving a a horse-drawn waggon has stopped to ask the way of a man at the side of the road carrying a bundle: he tells him to go back in the opposite direction. Lithograph atributed to E. Purcell after C. Vernet.

Two dogs fighting over a piece of wood. Lithograph after A.C.H. Vernet.

A gentleman on a horse is trying to grasp the reins of another horse while both horses are galloping. Lithograph by A. C. H. Vernet.

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