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Horse racing of Sioux Indians, near Fort Pierre / Carl Bodmer, pinx. ad. nat. ; engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch. – Historic Reproduction

Horse racing of Sioux Indians, near Fort Pierre / Carl Bodmer, pinx. ad. nat. ; engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch., [between 1837 and 1859] — antique engraving
Horse racing of Sioux Indians, near Fort Pierre / Carl Bodmer, pinx. ad. nat. ; engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch., [between 1837 and 1859]. 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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Horse racing of Sioux Indians, near Fort Pierre / Carl Bodmer, pinx. ad. nat. ; engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Horse racing of Sioux Indians, near Fort Pierre / Carl Bodmer, pinx. ad. nat. ; engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch.

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Horses were central to Plains life by the time Carl Bodmer reached the upper Missouri, and this scene shows young riders racing near Fort Pierre, a fur trade post in what is now South Dakota. Bodmer, a Swiss artist, traveled with Prince Maximilian of Wied from 1832 to 1834 and recorded the Dakota people and their surroundings with unusual care. The image was engraved for publication, so it reflects a European audience's view of the region. Its record gives only a broad date range, but the print belongs to the illustrated travel literature that spread images of the American West in the mid-1800s.

Created / published[between 1837 and 1859]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreEngravings 1830-1860.
SubjectsIndians of North America--South Dakota--Fort Pierre--Sports--1830-1860. Dakota Indians--Sports--1830-1860. Horse racing--South Dakota--Fort Pierre--1830-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182106

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