Cornelia Chapin Home movies, horse show, 1936

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Cornelia Chapin Home movies, horse show, 1936

Amateur footage of a horse show, presumably in Paris, found in the Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers at the Archives of American Art. 2 film reels, 16mm, black and white, silent. Footage depicts horses being led through an arena; Cornelia Chapin and her teacher Mateo Hernandez appear towards the end, apparently sketching the horses in the ring. From the artist Cornelia Chapin's collection of home movies found in the Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers at the Archives of American Art. Funding for the preservation of the Cornelia Chapin home movies was provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

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