Mounted Sword Contest in San Francisco
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Title
Mounted Sword Contest in San Francisco
Subject
Periodical
Description
Front page of May 22, 1886 Harper's Weekly with illustration drawn by "T de Thulstrup" of a mounted sword contest in San Francisco. Volume 30, number 1535. The illustration depicts two fencers with sabres on horseback with the Telegraph Hill Observatory (also called Layman’s Castle) in the background. An original photograph which may have been the inspiration for this illustration exists in the park archives of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.
Date
22 May 1886
Contributor
Thure de Thulstrup (Artist) ; Harper & Brothers (Publisher)
Rights
© Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Format
11.25 in (w) x 15.75 in (h)
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
2018.01.007
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Owner / Custodian
Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles
Digitization Record
Digitized by Benjamin Bowles ; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles
Collection
Citation
“Mounted Sword Contest in San Francisco,” Fencing Arms & Artifacts, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.fencingexhibit.com/items/show/19.
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