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[Frontis. illus. of 2 men, 2 horses, pack burro, and dog at tent camp beside stream; also title page] – Historic Print

[Frontis. illus. of 2 men, 2 horses, pack burro, and dog at tent camp beside stream; also title page], 1857 — antique engraving
[Frontis. illus. of 2 men, 2 horses, pack burro, and dog at tent camp beside stream; also title page], 1857. 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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This rare antique engraving captures [Frontis. illus. of 2 men, 2 horses, pack burro, and dog at tent camp beside stream; also title page] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A tent camp beside a stream, with two men, two horses, a pack burro, and a dog, makes this frontispiece unusual among the views on this board. The engraving, credited to Richardson and Cox, opens Frederick Law Olmsted's *A Journey Through Texas*, published in 1857, and also serves as the book's title page. Olmsted had traveled through Texas in the early 1850s, writing for a New York newspaper about settlement, slavery, and life on the frontier, and his book grew out of those reports. The scene gives readers a sense of the rough, mobile camping that his travels required.

Created / published1857
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsFrontis. engraving by Richardson - Cox. Illus. in: Frederick Law Olmstead, A Journey Through Texas, 1857. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Camps; Tex.--Hist.; Publ. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,210 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143864

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