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[Knight on horseback firing a cannon resting on a saddle support and braced against his chest] – Vintage Wall Art

[Knight on horseback firing a cannon resting on a saddle support and braced against his chest] — historic print
[Knight on horseback firing a cannon resting on a saddle support and braced against his chest]. Historic print 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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Step back in time with [Knight on horseback firing a cannon resting on a saddle support and braced against his chest], a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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This 1946 photomechanical print shows a mounted knight discharging a small cannon that rests on a saddle support and is braced against his chest, a detail that sets it apart from the other horse pictures on the board. The record dates the subject to roughly 1400 to 1450, when gunpowder weapons were only beginning to appear on European battlefields. Early handgonnes and small cannon were crude, heavy, and difficult to aim, so the image captures a moment when a rider had to combine horsemanship with an unfamiliar and unsteady weapon. Reproductions like this one let later readers study such early military technology.

Medium1 photomechanical print.
Notes[1946]
SubjectsMilitary art & science--1400-1450. Arms & armament--1400-1450. Knights--1400-1450.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186737

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