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[Algerian horseman looking up] – Vintage Wall Art

[Algerian horseman looking up], [between 1841? and 1882] — historic drawing
[Algerian horseman looking up], [between 1841? and 1882]. Historic drawing 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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A single figure, an Algerian horseman whose upturned gaze gives the sheet its title, anchors this drawing, which mixes charcoal, crayon, gouache, and graphite on a sheet about 41 by 33 centimeters. The record dates it only to a span between the 1840s and 1882, a period when France had been expanding its control over Algeria since 1830, and European artists of that time often drew North African riders as figures of exotic energy. The red stamp reading "Vente Paul Delamain" points to a sale of the drawing's earlier ownership, and a quick sketch of a horse's head on the back shows the artist working out the animal's form on the reverse.

Created / published[between 1841? and 1882]
Medium1 drawing : charcoal, crayon, gouache, graphite ; 40.8 x 33 cm.
Genre08-82-017-23."
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, preliminary data. Title from P&P Bradley Collection inventory card. Vente Paul Delamain"-- red stamp to left of image. Sketch of the head of a horse on back of drawing. In pencil in the middle of the upper part of the back of the drawing: "25." In ink and pencil on the back of drawing: "LC B 1500." In pencil on lower mat directly beneath drawing: "72." In pencil on lower mat beneath drawing
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,231 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144994

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