(HORSES) Album entitled Exposition Hippique Paris containing

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Album entitled "Exposition Hippique, Paris" containing 86 studies of equine contestants at a Parisian horse show. Printing-out paper and silver prints, 61/2x83/4 inches (16.5x22.2 cm.), most with the horse's name or breed, in ink, or in the negative, or numbered in the negative on recto. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered morocco. 1900

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In 1900, Paris played host to both the Exposition Universelle and the Olympic Games. It is likely that these portraits were made for an event at the Exposition Universelle, though to the many who attended and participated in the numerous sporting events it was unclear who was sponsoring what.