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Curator: This quick sketch from the British School held in the Tate collection presents a horse's head in graphite on paper, only 163 by 203 millimeters. Editor: I find the sketch strangely melancholy. The lines are so spare, yet they convey a sense of weight, both literal and emotional, in the horse's face. Curator: Indeed, the horse has held many symbolic associations through time: power, freedom, and even nobility, all wrapped into one creature. Notice the economy of line suggesting musculature and bone. Editor: And it’s precisely that distillation which amplifies the emotion. The focus on form, rather than detail, allows us to project our own feelings onto this archetypal image. Curator: A poignant meditation on strength, vulnerability, and the enduring cultural significance of the horse. Editor: Yes, the work really speaks of how the essence of an animal can be captured through the simplest of means.