The hunter's delight made captive (instantaneous) – 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.)
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The hunter's delight made captive (instantaneous)
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An elk frozen mid-leap is the particular subject here, and the title's phrase "made captive" suggests an animal taken alive, a twist on the hunting trophy that "hunter's delight" seems to promise. The word "instantaneous" points to the fast shutter speeds that had become practical by the late 1880s, letting a camera stop a jump the eye could not follow. Printed on a stereo card, the image was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the animal a sense of depth in the parlor. The record names no photographer or location.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 14754 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Elk--1880-1890. Jumping--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 805 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164430 |
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