Horse Study

This sketch by sculptor and illustrator Solon H. Borglum captures the muscular structure and movement of a horse in rapid pen strokes. Borglum's training in anatomy—essential for both his sculpture and commercial illustration work—shows in the careful rendering of the animal's legs, shoulders, and head. Such studies were foundational to newspaper cartooning and comic illustration, where artists needed to depict animals and figures with dynamic energy within tight deadlines. Borglum's work bridges fine art and the emerging visual language of sequential media that would define early comics.