Trotting horse Darby, by Delmonico: champion of the grand circuit of 1879 – Historic Reproduction
(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 Trotting horse Darby, by Delmonico: champion of the grand circuit of 1879 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Trotting horse Darby, by Delmonico: champion of the grand circuit of 1879
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Darby, the trotter pictured here, is identified in the title as a son of Delmonico, and the print celebrates him as champion of the 1879 Grand Circuit, the series of harness-racing meets that drew the country's fastest trotting horses to tracks in the Northeast and Midwest. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that issued colored lithographs of horses, trains, sporting scenes and everyday American life, produced many such portraits of famous trotters for a public that followed harness racing closely. Prints like this one were often sold to owners, breeders and fans, so they mix a record of a racehorse's achievements with the admiration of a horse-loving audience.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1879. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6662 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,119 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151804 |
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