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Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
Gentleman Rider
Date1850-1875
MediumPainted tin
DimensionsOverall: 29 × 27 × 3 1/2 in. (73.7 × 68.6 × 8.9 cm)
Object numberN0456.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThroughout the 19th century as farms, villages, towns, and cities became more prosperous, horseback riding and driving became a fashionable recreational pursuit. This weathervane of a well-dressed gentleman in a top hat and coat riding an elegant prancing horse suggests the prominent status that will-kept horses conferred upon their owners.On View
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