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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Photograph
ca. 1913 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Bamforth & Co. (printers and publishers)
Place of origin
England (printed)

A printed colour postcard of a photographic image of a man standing astride a horse placed within a painting of a mountainous landscape. In the upper right corner is another photographic image of a seated woman reading a letter.

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine (generic title)
Materials and techniques
printed postcard
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Postcard printed by Bamforth & Col., 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (3)', coloured photograph printed on paper, ca. 1913
Physical description
A printed colour postcard of a photographic image of a man standing astride a horse placed within a painting of a mountainous landscape. In the upper right corner is another photographic image of a seated woman reading a letter.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 14cm
  • Paper width: 9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (3)./I can hear the tinkling water fall far among the hills,/Bluebirds sing, each so merrily to his mate in rapture trills,/They seem to say "Your June is lonesome too, longing fills her eyes,/She is waiting for you patiently where the pine tree sights."' (printed, lower recto)
  • 'HOLMFIRTH/BAMFORTH & CO., LTD, Pulishers/(ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK, SERIES NO 4753/3./PRINTED IN ENGLAND' (printed, verso)
Subjects depicted
Cowboys
Mountains
Horses
Place depicted
Virginia
Literary reference'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine', lyrics by Harry Carroll and Ballard MacDonald, 1913
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
276-1969

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Record createdJanuary 4, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1259329/the-trail-of-the-lonesome-photograph-bamforth--co/
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