Hand-colored photograph
7 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in / 19.1 x 24.1 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Casa Grande, AZ
This 1920s hand-colored photograph shows a young child posed on a pony with Western clothing and riding gear. The image reflects the popularity of cowboy imagery in early twentieth-century American portrait photography, especially for children’s studio and outdoor portraits. The hand-coloring adds emphasis to the bandana, shirt, and costume details while leaving much of the photograph in soft monochrome tones.
The composition is carefully staged, with the oversized hat, saddle, chaps, and pony creating a playful Western identity for the sitter. Photographs like this show how frontier and cowboy imagery entered family portraiture and popular visual culture. With Arizona provenance, the piece fits naturally within American West photography and early twentieth-century Western-themed portraiture.
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Hand-colored photograph
7 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in / 19.1 x 24.1 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Casa Grande, AZ
This 1920s hand-colored photograph shows a young child posed on a pony with Western clothing and riding gear. The image reflects the popularity of cowboy imagery in early twentieth-century American portrait photography, especially for children’s studio and outdoor portraits. The hand-coloring adds emphasis to the bandana, shirt, and costume details while leaving much of the photograph in soft monochrome tones.
The composition is carefully staged, with the oversized hat, saddle, chaps, and pony creating a playful Western identity for the sitter. Photographs like this show how frontier and cowboy imagery entered family portraiture and popular visual culture. With Arizona provenance, the piece fits naturally within American West photography and early twentieth-century Western-themed portraiture.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
