Drawing probably intended for an illustration for an unidentified publication.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 21 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy (1986.1769:1-59).
In pencil at lower left: "Hold hard!"; in pencil within image at upper right: "Dark grey" and "Sunset"; illegible inscription in pencil below image at lower right.
Drawing shows, at center and facing left, a man in historical costume, with a cape and feathered cap, on a rearing horse, stopped in his tracks by a cloaked rider at far left; at far right, a third man is shown slumped in the saddle of a bony horse.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.