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[An army packer] / Frederic Remington. – Vintage Wall Art

[An army packer] / Frederic Remington., New York : R.H. Russell, publisher, 1901. — antique lithograph
[An army packer] / Frederic Remington., New York : R.H. Russell, publisher, 1901.. Antique lithograph from the The American West 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: [An army packer] / Frederic Remington., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[An army packer] / Frederic Remington.

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Few subjects were more central to the frontier army than the pack mule, and this print turns to the soldier who managed the animals. Frederic Remington made it as a color lithograph from one of his pastel drawings, and R.H. Russell published it in New York in 1901 as plate 2 of *A Bunch of Buckskins*. Packers loaded and led mule trains that carried supplies where wagons could not go, so their work was essential to army campaigns in the West. Remington, who spent much time among soldiers and scouts, drew such figures with close attention to their gear and their daily labor.

Created / publishedNew York : R.H. Russell, publisher, 1901.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenrePastels (Visual works) Reproductions 1900-1910.Portrait prints 1900-1910.Lithographs Color 1900-1910.
NotesTitle taken from reference source. Copyright by Robert Howard Russell. Illus. in: A Bunch of buckskins, pl. 2. Lithograph after pastel drawing.
SubjectsSoldiers--West (U.S.)--1900-1910. Mules--West (U.S.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan728 × 973 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218050

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