The horse-man of the period – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with The horse-man of the period, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The horse-man of the period
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The title, *The Horse-Man of the Period*, points to a satirical type rather than a specific rider. "Man of the period" was a common phrase in the 1870s for the fashionable figure whose clothes and manners often outran his skill. Currier & Ives issued comic and sporting lithographs like this in large numbers for a mass audience, and the firm's colorists hand-tinted many of them in batches, so surviving copies vary in color and care. The print is listed as number 3185 in the 1983 *Currier & Ives: A catalog Raisonné*, a standard reference for dating and identifying the firm's work.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1877. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3185 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,032 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175351 |
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