Three horses form a caravan moving horizontally across the width of a green landscape, with distant mountains, ruins, and a smoking volcano faintly visible in the the background next to the sea. The caravan is led by a decorated white horse, its rider dressed in blue and white with tall, light brown boots. The rider leans forward, with dark hair spilling from a blue, folded cap. A large, green box is tied to the side of the horse, which is eagerly moving forward with a prace-like step. An enclosed green and gold sedan chair, a carriage suspended on long poles on either side, are carried by dark horses with decorative saddles; they follow the leader. Inside the sedan and facing each other is a figure dressed in blue with a tall brown hat opposite another with a light red top. Like the lead horse, each animal is dressed with red button braids down its mane, red and white bonnets, and matching head collar, traces, and harness. Another figure, wearing a blue outfit with a red belt and light brown boots, walks near the back of the last horse, holding a long pole. A playful, small white dog runs alongside the caravan. Low, dark green cacti and small bushes fill the bottom, left corner. Patches of dirt fills the bottom, right corner above the artist's signature.

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Object Timeline

1931	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2017	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Object ID #18329787

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Saverio della Gatta. It is dated 1828 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Artist Saverio della Gatta depicted many Italian landscapes and Neapolitan scenes of everyday life. In this watercolor, he shows a group of elite travelers journeying by sedan chair, which is supported by a caravan of horses. Through the glass windows, the fashionable couple enjoys the view of a smoking Mount Vesuvius, distant mountains, and architectural ruins.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

19.6 × 25.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.) (Mat): 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right corner: 1828/Gatta f.

Cite this object as

Object ID #18329787; Designed by Saverio della Gatta (Italian, 1777 - 1829); Italy; black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 19.6 × 25.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.) (Mat): 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-73-6

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BWNP/
Accession Number 1931-73-6
Object ID 18329787