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[Black Horse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Black Horse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right], c1900. — historic photograph
[Black Horse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right], c1900.. Historic photograph 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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Here the sitter is named in the title as Black Horse, and the portrait frames him head and shoulders, turned to the right, so attention falls on his face and the clothing at his shoulders. The record places the print around 1900, a period when studio portraits of Native American sitters in traditional dress were widely made and circulated, often as souvenirs or as records of what photographers and collectors considered vanishing customs. The catalog number, 532, suggests it was one of a numbered series. Viewers today may find it useful to look closely at the garments and to consider how the sitter's own presence contrasts with the way such images were marketed at the time.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900.Photographic prints 1900.
NotesNo. 532.
SubjectsBlack Horse. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900. Older people--Clothing & dress--1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,151 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165985

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