Horse and Rider depicts a mounted figure rendered with sparse line and thin, uneven washes, the horse shown mid-stride with elongated legs and an arched neck, while the rider appears partially defined, almost absorbed into the animal’s form. Areas of the paper remain exposed, allowing the diluted pigment to pool and break across the surface. The horse is widely understood to draw on the Camargue breed, native to the marshlands of southern France, where semi-wild white horses are ridden by Gardians to manage black bulls. Elisabeth Frink lived near the Camargue between 1967 and 1970, and these encounters informed her recurring equine imagery. Created in 1974, the work reflects Frink’s sustained exploration of the relationship between human and animal, in which rider and mount are bound by control, dependence and shared physical force rather than narrative or setting.