Gentleman on Horseback Meeting Ladies in a Forest Metal Ornament

This design features a print by British artist Heywood Hardy (1842–1933), who was renowned as an animal painter and painter of horse riding scenes. Its an elegantly dressed gentleman on horseback riding through a woodland landscape as he meets three ladies who are walking through the forest. The ladies are wearing fashionable costumes of the period, including bonnets on their heads, and they are joined by a small dog with a black-and-white coat. The gentleman his riding a muscular thoroughbred horse, which has a dark brown coat, on the bridle path and the ladies are moving to the side of the path to let him pass. They are coyly admiring the man and his horse. There are tall trees and wild greenery in the background, suggesting the naturalness of the landscape.