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[Rearing horse - opp. p. 452] – Vintage Print

[Rearing horse - opp. p. 452] — antique engraving
[Rearing horse - opp. p. 452]. Antique engraving from the Horses collection.

(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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[Rearing horse - opp. p. 452] comes to life in this antique engraving, 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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[Rearing horse - opp. p. 452]

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This engraving shows a horse on its hind legs, and its record places it as a plate facing page 452 of a printed book, which suggests it was meant to be read alongside the text rather than hung on its own. The date given is 1678, a period when illustrated books on horsemanship and natural history were popular with European readers. Rearing was a central movement in the classical riding taught at academies of the time, so such images often served as models for students and as displays of a rider's skill. Plates like this one were usually cut by hand into copper, which gives the lines their fine, controlled character.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1678
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,111 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136990

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