ROWLANDSON’S WATERCOLOUR
Sir, —l was delighted to see that you reproduced that charming water-col-our by Rowlandson in your paper. The group of riders, second from the left in the painting, is noteworthy in that there are five riders, presumably with a horse apiece, yet Rowlandson saw fit to support these five beasts with but 10 legs. The tl\ird group of riders from the left shows with greater clarity two horses with six legs. Apparently the white horse has no hindquarters. I admit that if the 14 horses in the picture had all their legs represented the painting would be a veritable forest of equine legs. But surely Thomas Rowlandson, even in the eighteenth century, could have struck upon a better compromise in the number of limbs to be shown. When the admirer becomes aware of the missing limbs the picture becomes a shock, a farce, a etc., It. H. WHEELER. January 31. 1950.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26026, 1 February 1950, Page 8
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