[Illustration by Frederic Remington: A Fantasy from the Pony War Dance] – Historic Print
![[Illustration by Frederic Remington: A Fantasy from the Pony War Dance] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/99/997f010eb795-L.webp)
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Step back in time with [Illustration by Frederic Remington: A Fantasy from the Pony War Dance], an antique engraving 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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[Illustration by Frederic Remington: A Fantasy from the Pony War Dance]
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Frederic Remington's "A Fantasy from the Pony War Dance" stands apart from his documentary Western scenes because it is openly imagined, presenting a ceremonial dance as a romantic spectacle rather than a record of a specific event. Remington built his reputation on images of the American West, and engraved reproductions like this one carried such scenes to magazine and book readers in the late 1880s and early 1890s. The catalog card gives only a tentative date of 1891, and its subject tags pair warriors and women with cowboys, a combination typical of how Western subjects were packaged for popular audiences. Viewers should read it as a period artist's interpretation rather than a faithful account of Plains ceremony.
| Medium | 1 print : line engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: J Kearns; PI; Ind.--Females; Cowboys; Indians--Warriors; PI--Works; Shelf. 1891? |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,117 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129477 |
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