William III as a Roman emperor

A glazed earthenware figure shows a rider in green and brown classical-style dress seated on a rearing chestnut horse. He holds a pale baton in one hand, and the horse stands on a rocky green base above a cream plinth.

Look closer: Small raised leaf-like sculpted details decorate the rocky base beneath the horse's forelegs.

Artist

Ralph Wood the Younger

Date

ca. 1770–80

Medium

Lead-glazed earthenware

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3294 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, 1940