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Hobby Horse Rendered by Mina Lowry (artist) watercolor and graphite on paperboard overall: 37.3 x 46 cm (14 11/16 x 18 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 16" high; 24 1/2" long; 7" wide Index of American Design 1943.8.15740 |
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The rocking horse, or hobbyhorse, has survived in many versions. This nineteenth-century example is made of pine painted with oil colors. The two parallel rockers are each cut in profile from a single piece of wood. The actual form of the horse is incidental in this case: a horse's head and neck, cut in profile, are attached to the forward end of the rocker. The harness and ears are leather and fastened on with tacks. This hobbyhorse is essentially a low-back Windsor chair with splayed legs fastened to a rocking platform; since the chair is more complex than the horse, it is possible that the craftsman was a chair maker by trade.
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