A nip and tuck" race" – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of A nip and tuck" race". Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A nip and tuck" race"
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The title, *A Nip and Tuck Race*, describes a finish so close that the outcome is hard to call, and the scene is built around that moment of suspense. Published in New York around 1892 by Currier & Ives, the firm was then best known for sporting and comic subjects aimed at a broad middle-class market. The picture is signed by John Cameron, and its color comes from chromolithography, in which a separate stone was inked for each hue, a process that made vivid color practical for mass sale. The firm's catalog raisonné lists it as no. 4868, which helps place it among the company's late-century output.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1892. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4868 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,043 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175366 |
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