Life and death of the race horse [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[not before 25 September 1811]eng"A sequence of six scenes in compartments arranged in three pairs. [1] A foal lies beside its dam. [2] The owner leads the high-stepping animal across a race-course; behind (right) is the weighing-post. [3] Ridden by a huntsman he takes a flying leap over a wall; hounds run beside the animal. [4] He is one of a pair of galloping horses in a post-chaise, ridden by a postilion. An ugly couple sleep uneasily in the chaise. [5] As an emaciated pack-horse he plods along a rough track, thrashed by a coarse old peasant woman. [6] A huntsman stands on his dead body, cutting off the flesh for the hounds; carrion birds hover."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier stateTitle etched below image.Later state, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate.Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Septr. 25th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 11811 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.Plate numbered "90" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2."Price one shilling coloured."Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 211-2.