The Post Horse (from The Life of a Racehourse, or The High-Mettled Racer)
July 20, 1789
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
30.3 × 39.3 cm (11.9 × 15.5 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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