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Football Illustrations from Yale, 1878

By R.A. Schenck | Published: October 15, 2010

College football illustrations by Frederic Remington, circa 1878. For a brief time, he was an art student at Yale and also played on the school’s team, which became the subject of many of his early drawings. From wikipedia:
Remington attended the art school at Yale University, the only male in the freshman year. However, [...]

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Cowboys and Vaqueros

By R.A. Schenck | Published: June 20, 2010

During the late 19th century, illustrator Frederic Remington documented and painted life as he experienced it in the wild west when the prairies were still untouched and U.S. cavalries were still fighting Indian tribes.
Over the foot-hills.

Riding the range – winter.

The punchers.

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