Auf einem Waldweg fährt ein zweirädiger Karren mit zwei hintereinander gespannten Pferden 

Johann Christoph Dietzsch made this drawing titled, Auf einem Waldweg fährt ein zweirädiger Karren mit zwei hintereinander gespannten Pferden, meaning ‘On a forest path travels a two-wheeled cart with two horses hitched one behind the other’ sometime between 1710 and 1768. The seemingly tranquil scene invites us to consider the realities of 18th-century life. The drawing offers a glimpse into the era's social hierarchy. Note the figures in the cart versus the figure walking in front of the horses; we may ask ourselves what their lives would have been like. The landscape is not merely a backdrop, but a representation of nature tamed and traversed for human purposes. It reminds us that access to nature and the ability to travel through it were deeply intertwined with social status and economic means. In considering this drawing, we might reflect on our own relationship to transportation and the natural world, understanding that our experiences are shaped by histories of labor and social division.