Author Name: HOGARTH, Paul
Title: ARTISTS ON HORSEBACK. The Old West in Illustrated Journalism, 1857-1900
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: VG
Jacket Condition: VG
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: New York Watson-Guptill Publications 1972
ISBN Number: 0823003507 / 9780823003501
Seller ID: 901456
288pp. Illus. throughout including colour plates. Dj is just a little frayed at edges with just minor loss. Large format 12" x 9.5". From the many Special Artists who recorded the incredible scenes as they travelled on horseback through wilderness, war and disease, the author has chosen eight of the best, devoting a full chapter to a complete and detailed account of each man's adventures in the New World. Chapters include Off to the Plains - Arthur Boyd Houghton, 1870; Witness to an Indian War - William Simpson, 1873; Indians at the Manor - Valentine Walter Bromley, 1874; To the New West on the Canadian Pacific Railway - Frederick Villiers, 1889; Gun and Palette - Richard Caton Woodville, 1890; Ho, for the Klondike - Charles Edwin Fripp, 1898, etc. Includes superb illustrations throughout, most of which had never before been published, plus Sources of Reference, Checklists of Artists' Work, Biographical Notes and Index. (Heavy item, please check with us for best postal rates).
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