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[Man on horseback, Peru] – Historic Reproduction

[Man on horseback, Peru], [between 1830 and 1840] — historic drawing
[Man on horseback, Peru], [between 1830 and 1840]. Historic drawing 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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This rare historic drawing captures [Man on horseback, Peru] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Man on horseback, Peru]

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This watercolor of a man on horseback from Peru is dated somewhere between 1830 and 1840, a decade shortly after the country won independence from Spain. Painters working in Peru in those years often recorded local types and everyday scenes, and a rider like this one, with his dress and mount, reflects that interest in regional life. Horses of Spanish descent were central to travel, trade and rural work at the time. The saddle, tack and clothing are worth studying for clues about the rider's place and the region he came from.

Created / published[between 1830 and 1840]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,069 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175997

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