[Mrs. William Mitchell on horseback, and Gen. Mitchell holding reins of the horse, Keswick, Virginia] – Vintage Print
![[Mrs. William Mitchell on horseback, and Gen. Mitchell holding reins of the horse, Keswick, Virginia], [between 1923 and 1930(?)] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2cb8198d92f2-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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[Mrs. William Mitchell on horseback, and Gen. Mitchell holding reins of the horse, Keswick, Virginia] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Mrs. William Mitchell on horseback, and Gen. Mitchell holding reins of the horse, Keswick, Virginia]
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A husband and wife pose together with their horse at Keswick, in Albemarle County, Virginia, with the general holding the reins while his wife sits in the saddle. The man is almost certainly William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936), the Army officer who became the country's most vocal champion of air power in the 1920s. He was court-martialed in 1925 for publicly criticizing the military's handling of aviation and left the service in 1926. Photographs like this one, showing him at leisure on horseback rather than in uniform, offer a quieter view of a man better known for his public fights over airplanes.
| Created / published | [between 1923 and 1930(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Group portraits 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Photo by Rotofotos, Inc. Proof no. 9513. |
| Subjects | Mitchell, William,--1879-1936--Family--Virginia--Keswick. Horseback riding--Virginia--Keswick--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,230 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-187731 |
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