A sure horse for the first money"" – Vintage Print
(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: A sure horse for the first money"", preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A sure horse for the first money""
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A sure horse for the first money, a chromolithograph signed by John Cameron, takes its title from the language of the betting ring, promising a horse that will win the prize. The New York firm of Currier & Ives published it around 1886, during a period when its sporting prints, especially those of horses, were among its most popular lines. Chromolithography built up a picture from several color stones, which let the firm offer bright, affordable images to middle-class homes. Notice how the horse is drawn to suggest speed and strength, the qualities buyers of the time most wanted to see in a champion.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1886. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6364 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,039 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175556 |
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