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[Two Manchus hunting on horseback, one with a spear or arrow, and one with a bow] – Antique Print

[Two Manchus hunting on horseback, one with a spear or arrow, and one with a bow], [between 1860 and 1900] — historic drawing
[Two Manchus hunting on horseback, one with a spear or arrow, and one with a bow], [between 1860 and 1900]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Two Manchus hunting on horseback, one with a spear or arrow, and one with a bow]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two mounted Manchu hunters, one raising a spear or arrow and the other drawing a bow, are the subject of this graphite drawing, made sometime between 1860 and 1900. Hunting from horseback was central to Manchu life, both as a source of food and as military training that the Qing dynasty, which had ruled China from 1644, kept up for generations. The drawing comes from the Yudin Collection at the Library of Congress, and its quick pencil lines convey the speed of the riders in motion. Scenes like this reflect how Manchu identity remained closely tied to the horse and the bow long after the conquest.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1900]
Medium1 drawing : graphite.
GenreGraphite drawings 1860-1900.
NotesYudin Collection.
SubjectsManchus--Subsistence activities--1860-1900. Horseback riding--China--Manchuria--1860-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 805 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169516

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