Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Ancient Vases

Two horses step out in perfect unison, each led by a young man with a spear on his shoulder.

This hand colored engraving, based on the original collection of Sir William Hamilton's ancient vases, is after Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, from Naples, Italy, around 1791, in ink on paper. Greek vase painters were especially fond of horses, and riders and grooms appear again and again. Here both youths wear short tunics and pointed caps, walking beside long-legged horses with arched necks and raised tails. The figures are colored in warm orange against black, inside a fine ruled border. The image is 7.75 inches wide and 4.25 high.

Matching horses, matching hats, and nobody out of step.