Three Horses – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Three Horses. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Three Horses
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Three Horses, the sitter named in the title, is shown in full regalia, with the feathered headdress and clothing that the record's subject headings single out. The portrait comes from Edward S. Curtis's long project to document Native American peoples, which he pursued through the early 1900s with the aim of recording traditional dress and ways of life that he believed were disappearing. Curtis often posed his subjects in studio settings, and his numbered prints, like this one (Curtis no. 274-15), were made to build a systematic record of individuals and their attire. Today the image is valued both as a portrait of a named individual and as a document of the clothing and ceremonial styles of its time.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 274-15. LC no. 96. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Three Horses. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Headdresses--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,672 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222283 |
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