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Five acrobats on three horses – Vintage Wall Art

Five acrobats on three horses, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Five acrobats on three horses, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. 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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Five acrobats on three horses comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Five acrobats on three horses

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Five acrobats on three horses is the subject here: a circus or hippodrome act in which performers balance, stand, and tumble across the backs of moving horses, one of the most popular spectacles of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Horse acts of this kind drew large crowds to traveling shows and permanent amphitheaters, where riders relied on years of training and close coordination with their animals. The record gives no date or maker, so the exact performers and setting remain unknown, but the composition suggests a moment of the act at full speed. Its catalog entry rests on an unverified shelflist card, so the details should be read with that caveat in mind.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesInscribed on cover of folder. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Five acrobats.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,328 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125115

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