Untitled.
This work depicts a horse-drawn cart travelling at speed over rough ground. The man driving the cart forward is looking backwards, towards the viewer’s left as if he is being pursued. In his right hand he holds a raised whip and is obviously whipping the horse forward. Another man, in a top hat, appears to be lying down in the cart.
Artist: Robert Richard Scanlan. Scanlan was born in Dublin in 1801. He exhibited portraits at the Royal Hibernian Academy (1826–1864). Scanlan was Master of the Cork School of Design for three years from 1853. Although he spent much of his career in England, he periodically returned to ireland. Scanlan exhibited at the Royal Academy, London between 1837 and 1859. He died in 1876.
Watercolour and pencil on paper
23 x 34
Framed: 52 x 62