SMALL ROME HORSE PENCIL DRAWING (1874)

A sketch study from Caesar's Palace, Rome.
By H.B.B. McCalmont, 1874.  
Graphite pencil on card, unframed.
Depicting a horse tied to a fountain.
With latin text roughly translating to:
"Work little donkey, as I have worked, and it will benefit you"
Measurements: 15.5cm H, 12 cm W
Condition: Good with signs of wear consistent with age

By Hugh Barklie Blundell McCalmont (1836–1888) from his travels through Europe.
Facsimile of a caricature scratched with a stylus on the wall of the 'School of the Gladiators' at Caesar's Palace, Rome. January 1874