The Horse Fair – Vintage 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 vintage poster of The Horse Fair. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This is a commercial advertisement rather than a view of a fairground. A large color poster printed in Cleveland in 1885 for the H.T. Stock Food Co., it was issued by the lithography firm W.J. Morgan & Co. Its title points to Rosa Bonheur's well-known painting of Paris horse dealers, which was widely reproduced in the nineteenth century, and the caption card credits her, though that attribution is unverified. The sheet was meant for billboards, and its oversized format, shipped rolled in a crate, shows how popular art was adapted to sell livestock feed.
| Created / published | Cleveland, : H.T. Stock Food Co., 1885. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 36 x 53 cm and 106 x 202 cm. |
| Notes | Published by W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. Billboard size poster rolled in wooden crate. Gift of George W. Morgan. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: 1. Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899. I. Title. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 825 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106816 |
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