The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 18, 2026

A horizontally oriented print in black ink on cream paper depicts a man with a light skin tone standing outside a stone cottage. He wears a top hat and holds the reins of two horses, with a child with a light skin tone sitting atop one. A dog stands near his feet, while a pig rests to the right. Grainy, stippled marks create heavy shadows and textures throughout the scene.

Specimens of Polyautography: Horses at a Cottage Door

1804

Johann Conrad Gessner

(Swiss, 1764–1826)
Switzerland
lithograph
John L. Severance Fund 1991.100
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.100