Harry Bassett and Longfellow in their great races at Long Branch, N.J., July 2nd and Saratoga, N.Y., July 16th 1872. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Harry Bassett and Longfellow in their great races at Long Branch, N.J., July 2nd and Saratoga, N.Y., July 16th 1872. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Harry Bassett and Longfellow in their great races at Long Branch, N.J., July 2nd and Saratoga, N.Y., July 16th 1872.
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Two well-known horses, Harry Bassett and Longfellow, are the subjects of this print, which commemorates their races at Long Branch, New Jersey, on July 2, 1872, and at Saratoga, New York, on July 16. The New York firm Currier & Ives produced many colorful chromolithographs of sporting scenes in the 1870s, when horse racing and trotting drew large crowds to summer tracks. Saratoga was a fashionable resort as well as a racing center, so its meetings attracted wealthy visitors and a broad public. The print offers a vivid record of a rivalry that held interest well beyond the racecourse.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1872. |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2964 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176395 |
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