The renowned trotter Prince Wilkes record, 2:14 1/3; owned by George A. Singerly of Philadelphia – 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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Step back in time with The renowned trotter Prince Wilkes record, 2:14 1/3; owned by George A. Singerly of Philadelphia, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The renowned trotter Prince Wilkes record, 2:14 1/3; owned by George A. Singerly of Philadelphia
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Prince Wilkes, a trotter whose mile time of 2:14 1/3 marked him as one of the fast horses of his day, is the subject here, and the print presents him as the prized possession of George A. Singerly of Philadelphia. Currier & Ives issued the chromolithograph in New York around 1889, drawing on a design that Singerly himself signed and dated in 1888. Racing trotters were a popular subject for American printmakers in the 1880s, when harness racing drew large crowds and owners took pride in publicizing their horses' speed. The image shows how such prints tied a horse's reputation to the man who owned it.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Artist: George A. Singerly, 1888 (signature and date on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5544 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175611 |
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