c. 1845-1847
The horse on the recto is drawn upside-down. The head on the verso is drawn with a vertical orientation.
5.6 x 9.4 cm (2 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.
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