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The Solitary Horseman – Vintage Wall Art

The Solitary Horseman, 1904 — historic print
The Solitary Horseman, 1904. Historic print 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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The title points to a single rider, which sets this 1904 photogravure apart from the group scenes more common among horse subjects. The plate was made by Theodor and Oscar Hofmeister and appeared in the July 1904 issue of *Camera Work*, the journal Alfred Stieglitz edited to showcase pictorial photography from the Photo-Secession circle. Photogravure transfers a photograph onto a metal plate for intaglio printing, which gave such images soft tonal range and a hand-worked quality that suited the movement's aims. The record draws on an older caption card and has not been fully verified, so details of the rider and setting remain uncertain.

Created / published1904
Medium1 photomechanical print : gum, photogravure.
NotesPhotogravure by Theodor and Oscar Hofmeister. Illus. in: Camera Work, 1904 July, v. 7, p. 5. Reference copy may be in SSF - Horses. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,060 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141624

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