Tag Archives: Horses
March of the Rurales on Mexico’s “Fourth of July,” by Frederic Remington
| Description | English: Illustration by Frederic Remington from Collier’s. The original caption: MARCH OF THE RURALES ON MEXICO’S “FOURTH OF JULY”—THE GREATEST FÊTE DAY, MAY 5 The Fifth of May, or as it is known in Mexico, el Cinco de Mayo, is a national holiday of the Mexicans. It is practically the equivalent of the American Fourth of July. On that day, in 1862, a force of Mexicans defeated at Puebla the French invading army that was trying to set up Maximilian on the throne as emperor. Maximilian was captured in 1867 with his two generals, Miramon and Mejia, and shot on June 19 of the same year. The Mexicans make a great military fete day of el Cinco de Mayo. The picture shows the famous “Rurales,” or rural police, parading in celebration of the day |
| Date | 1902 |
| Source | Collier’s Weekly (https://archive.org/details/colliers-weekly-v-29n-06-1902-05-10.-colliers-darwination-ia/page/n15/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Frederic Remington |
Below, the illustration with its original caption.
Ice Wagon
| Description | English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue |
| Date | 1897 |
| Source | Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc., a catalogue from American Type Founders (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/744/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Coal Wagon
| Description | English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue |
| Date | 1897 |
| Source | Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc., a catalogue from American Type Founders (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/744/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Snow White
| Description | English: Snow White (Schneewittchen), from a German book of fairy tales |
| Date | Before 1916 |
| Source | Goldene Märchenpracht (https://archive.org/details/goldenemarchenpr00kron/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Probably Walter Zweigle |
No date (the title page of the book may be missing), but the book was presented to the University of Illinois library in 1916.
Knight on Horseback
| Description | English: Knight on horseback, from an advertisement for The British Printer |
| Date | 1900 |
| Source | Boktryckeri-Kalnder 1900-1901 (https://archive.org/details/boktryckeri-kalender-1900-01zachrisson/page/n245/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Horse, Automobile, Airplane
| Description | English: Illustration from an advertisement for Benz automobiles and airplane engines, 1917 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Source | Illustrirte Zeitung (https://archive.org/details/illustrirte-zeitung-3841-1917/page/212/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Martin and Walter Lehmann-Steglitz |
This is the original advertisement for Benz automobiles and airplane motors:
Screen Shadows, by G. Francis Kauffman
| Description | English: “Screen Shadows,” by G. Francis Kauffman, illustrating a poem by Helen Carlisle |
| Date | 1922 |
| Source | Motion Picture Magazine (https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag23brew/page/n503/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | G. Francis Kauffman |
Wild Horseman
| Description | English: Illustration from a book published by the Victor Talking Machine Company |
| Date | 1920 |
| Source | Music Appreciation for Little Children (https://archive.org/details/musicappreciatio00vict/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Turkish Charge
| Description | English: Turkish charge, from a book on The Military Costume of Turkey |
| Date | 1818 |
| Source | The Military Costume of Turkey (https://archive.org/details/b30458134) |
| Author | John Heaviside Clark |
Artist identified by signature “J. H. Clark.”