Iroquois: by imp. Leamington, dam Maggie B.B. by Australian – 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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A window into the past: Iroquois: by imp. Leamington, dam Maggie B.B. by Australian, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Iroquois: by imp. Leamington, dam Maggie B.B. by Australian
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Iroquois was the son of Leamington, an imported stallion, and of the mare Maggie B.B., a daughter of Australian, and this print leads with that bloodline. Iroquois became a famous American racehorse when he won the Epsom Derby in 1881, the first American-bred horse to take that English classic. Currier & Ives, the New York firm, produced colored prints like this one for a broad public that followed horse racing, and the c1882 date places it just after that victory. The emphasis on pedigree reflects how much buyers of the day valued breeding as a sign of quality.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1882. |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3371 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175509 |
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