Works Stampede

Stampede

1984

pencil and wash on paper

28h x 61w (cm)

Private Collection

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich 1984

Verso: inscribed: DRAWING (STAMPEDE) RICHARD EURICH RA 1984 DO NOT VARNISH

Alternatives:
29h x 61w [REP 2019]

Tags:
Animals / Birds
Bonfires / Flames / Smoke
England
Gatherings / Festivities
Landscapes / Gardens
Motifs
Panoramas
Rainbows
Sets
The North
Themes
Towns / Town Life / Buildings

Subject
buildings
chimneys
factories
hill
horse and cart
horses
race
racing
rainbow
smoke
spectators
valleys
viaduct

Medium
watercolour and pencil

 I think this is probably based on the New Forest ‘Drift’ which is the annual round-up of the ponies on the Forest for a health check. The Commoners ride like characters from the Wild West and with great skill herd them together. It is very dramatic. However the ponies and riders at the front in the drawing are not as urgent as the ones further back so I’m not sure what’s going on. And Richard has transposed the scene to a Yorkshire environment with some mills in the background with a possible hint of a rainbow.

- REP-PB

Provenance & Events

IN COLLECTION • 2018

Private Collection

References:

Books

  • "The Art of Richard Eurich"; Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727 [fig 126, pg 146]
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