The persuit [i.e. pursuit] – Vintage Print
![The persuit [i.e. pursuit], Boston : issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House, [186-] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/19c83a073b0e-L.webp)
(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 antique lithograph of The persuit [i.e. pursuit]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The persuit [i.e. pursuit]
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Few prints of the period pair a galloping rider with a scaffold burial, and this hand-colored lithograph does both. Boston's Bufford's Print Publishing House issued it in the 1860s, when the Pony Express was carrying mail across the plains and Americans were reading a steady stream of popular images of the West. The record ties the scene to Native American spiritual practice, and the raised burial platform reflects the custom of several Plains peoples of placing the dead off the ground rather than in the earth. Readers should weigh the print's mix of cultural detail and dramatic action, which reflects how its makers and buyers imagined the frontier.
| Created / published | Boston : issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House, [186-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1860-1870. Pony express--1860-1870. Frontier & pioneer life--1860-1870. Scaffold burial--United States--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216570 |
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