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Pencil sketch of a horse skeleton in side view on a cream page, with a separate leg bone and hoof beside it and the handwritten words Ye Night Mare.

Horse Skeleton Sketch, "Ye Night Mare" (1875)

Graphite pencil sketch on an album page showing a horse skeleton in side profile, with ribs, spine and legs drawn in loose hatching. Beside it sit a separate leg bone and a hoof, and the handwritten inscription "Ye Night Mare" appears below the figure.

Artist
Kenyon Cox
Date
1875
Medium
Graphite on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 2563 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1875).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum