The Horse at Work
The Working Horse: Plough, Cart and Coach
Plough, cart, timber and coach — the working horse, usually painted as part of the ground it turns.
13 horse paintings, dated 1838–1930. Painters with the most works here: John Frederick Herring Sr. (2).
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Hungarian Farmers with WagonAugust von PettenkofenFrom$350
Horse TeamEdvard MunchFrom$350
Traber TeamErnst Ludwig KirchnerFrom$350
Horse-drawn carriage rideFederico FaruffiniFrom$350
Hitch TeamGeorge LuksFrom$350
Horse and cartGeorges SeuratFrom$350
Mare at a cartGiovanni FattoriFrom$350
Figures With A Cart And Horses Fording A StreamJan SiberechtsFrom$350
Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, HertfordshireJohn Frederick Herring Sr.From$350
The Royal Mail Coach on the RoadJohn Frederick Herring Sr.From$350
Carriage HorsePierre BonnardFrom$350
Peasant Woman in a CartValentin SerovFrom$350
Carting Timber In The New ForestWilliam ShayerFrom$350
Cart, plough, barge, timber and coach: the horse at work is the horse most people actually saw. These pictures belong to landscape and genre painting rather than to sporting art, and the animal in them is usually heavy, usually seen from the side, and usually doing something slow. They are also the most reliable record in the collection of what rural work looked like before the engine.