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[Rider mounting horse - opp. p. 344] – Antique Print

[Rider mounting horse - opp. p. 344] — antique engraving
[Rider mounting horse - opp. p. 344]. Antique engraving 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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A window into the past: [Rider mounting horse - opp. p. 344], preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Unlike a stand-alone print, this engraving was made to face page 344 of a printed book, so it illustrates a passage of text. Its 1678 date places it in the later 17th century, when copperplate engravings were the main way to show technical subjects such as horsemanship. Plates like this were cut into copper, inked and printed separately from the type, then bound into the volume. The rider's posture and the horse's stance show how mounting was pictured for readers of that time.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1678
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,289 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136992

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