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Catching wild horses – Antique Wall Art

Catching wild horses, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Catching wild horses, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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 engraving shows horses being caught on the open plains, the kind of scene that drew travelers to the American West and Texas in the 1830s. It appears as an illustration in A.A. Parker's *Trip to the West and Texas*, published in Concord in 1835, so it reflects a traveler's account rather than a firsthand photograph of the event. Wild horse herds, often called mustangs, roamed the Southwest and were captured by riders who worked in teams, a practice that fascinated eastern readers of the period. The print's date is not recorded, so the 1835 publication year is the best guide to when it was made.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsIllus. in: A.A. Parker, Trip to the West and Texas..., Concord, 1835. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Texas--Hist.--1835; West; Horses.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,067 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171639

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