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Bucker – Antique Wall Art

Bucker, c1887. — antique lithograph
Bucker, c1887.. 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: Bucker, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Bucker is a color lithograph made as a tobacco package label, and its title names the wild horse at the center of the scene. Around 1887, tobacco makers used bright pictures like this to catch buyers' eyes, and Western subjects of cowboys and untamed broncos were popular because the cattle frontier held a strong place in the public imagination. The label was printed by Schumacher & Ettlinger of New York, a lithography firm, and it carries a U.S. copyright notice, which shows that commercial color prints of this kind were treated as protected works of art.

Created / publishedc1887.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreTobacco package labels 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890.
Notes28438S U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y. No. 1492.
SubjectsBroncos--1880-1890. Cowboys--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,199 × 831 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219056

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