Uhlans advancing – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Uhlans advancing in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Few pictures on this board show cavalry in motion as plainly as this glass negative, titled "Uhlans advancing." Uhlans were lancers, light cavalry carrying pennant-tipped lances, and the title points to the German or Austro-Hungarian units that fought across Europe in the First World War. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption cards that Bain News Service staff wrote without later verification, so the exact scene is uncertain. The George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress holds the wire service's pictures from this period, and its glass plates are often the only surviving record of such moments.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,779 × 4,273 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-19970 |
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