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[Two people on horseback, possibly Colombian, in front of house with family and dog in doorway] – Historic Reproduction

[Two people on horseback, possibly Colombian, in front of house with family and dog in doorway], [ca. 1850] — historic drawing
[Two people on horseback, possibly Colombian, in front of house with family and dog in doorway], [ca. 1850]. 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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Two riders sit their horses in front of a modest house while a family and a dog gather in the doorway, a domestic scene that places the horses within daily rural life. The record suggests the setting may be Colombia, and the work belongs to the costumbrista tradition that flourished in Spanish America in the mid-1800s, when artists recorded regional customs, dress, and work. Watercolors of this kind were often made quickly, so their small details of clothing, saddlery, and architecture are valuable evidence of how country households and travel looked around 1850.

Created / published[ca. 1850]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreWatercolors 1850.
SubjectsHorseback riding--1850. Country life--1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-170325

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