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[Horses and covered wagon] – Historic Print

[Horses and covered wagon], [ca. 1860] — historic drawing
[Horses and covered wagon], [ca. 1860]. Historic drawing 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 rare historic drawing captures [Horses and covered wagon] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A graphite sketch from a sketchbook, this drawing pairs a team of horses with a canvas-topped covered wagon, the vehicle most associated with overland migration in the decades before the Civil War. Dated to about 1860, it belongs to the period when hundreds of thousands of Americans traveled west by wagon along routes such as the Oregon and California trails. Because the drawing was made in a sketchbook rather than as a finished print, it likely records a quick study from life, capturing the animals' posture and the wagon's bowed canvas cover in a few loose strokes.

Created / published[ca. 1860]
Medium1 drawing : graphite.
GenreSketches 1850-1870.
NotesIn sketchbook.
SubjectsHorses--1850-1870. Covered wagons--1850-1870. Westward movement--1850-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,454 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218431

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