[Blacksmith trying to shoe a horse while another horse interferes] – Vintage Print
![[Blacksmith trying to shoe a horse while another horse interferes], [1834?] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/36/362134bf3972-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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This historic drawing of [Blacksmith trying to shoe a horse while another horse interferes] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Blacksmith trying to shoe a horse while another horse interferes]
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A blacksmith struggles to shoe one horse while a second animal crowds in and gets in his way, the scene caught in black crayon and graphite. The catalog dates the sheet to about 1834, and a date written on the drawing, 24 January 1834, may support that, though the record flags its data as preliminary. Shoeing in this period was done by hand at a forge, and a restless horse could make the work dangerous, so the drawing captures a common hazard of the trade. Its loose, wash-like handling gives it the quick feel of a study made from life.
| Created / published | [1834?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : black crayon and graphite ; 28 x 37 cm. |
| Genre | Wash. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Title devised by Library staff. 24/1/34"--written in image |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181777 |
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