[Haile Selassie on horseback surrounded by bodyguards, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Haile Selassie on horseback surrounded by bodyguards, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b0/b0b9f9ce4290-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures [Haile Selassie on horseback surrounded by bodyguards, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
[Haile Selassie on horseback surrounded by bodyguards, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia, sits mounted in this 1935 view taken in Addis Ababa, with a ring of bodyguards around him. The date places the picture in the tense months before Italy's invasion of Ethiopia later that year, when the emperor's public appearances carried added weight as signs of national resolve. Horses were central to imperial ceremony in the capital, and the riders' formation and the emperor's upright posture give the scene a deliberate, formal character. The photograph is a useful record of how the monarch presented himself to the public on the eve of war.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1935 |
| Subjects | Haile Selassie--I,--Emperor of Ethiopia,--1892-1975--Public appearances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,295 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-195494 |
More from the Horses collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[John Coolidge on horseback, with another rider, probably Secret Service agent Jim Haley]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2f/2f600fefc68d-400.webp)
![[Sculpture of Jose Marti on horseback]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7d/7d33f4bd1ead-400.webp)
![[Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback, rear view]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d0/d0b8628d438e-400.webp)
![[Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback, facing right; jumping fence]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6b/6be067974144-400.webp)
![[Landscape with two hunters(?) on horseback] / C.F.L. Janr. 1834.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/13/131bacc0d3c4-400.webp)
![[Theodore Roosevelt posed on horseback, in uniform, between two other men also on horseback, in front of church San Antonio, Texas, during the Spanish-American War]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/7566a99c818c-400.webp)