An exciting finish / J. Cameron. – Antique 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: An exciting finish / J. Cameron., preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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An exciting finish / J. Cameron.
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The title, *An Exciting Finish*, points to the climax of a race, and this 1884 color lithograph focuses on the jockeys who carried it to the line. J. Cameron signed the stone at lower left, and the print was copyrighted that year by Currier & Ives of New York, a firm that sold inexpensive color prints to a broad American public. Horse racing drew large crowds in the 1880s, and sporting prints like this one brought the track's excitement into homes that could never attend a meeting in person.
| Created / published | c1884 June 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | c1983 |
| Notes | 11157 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright 1884, by Currier & Ives, New York. Signed on stone J. Cameron" lower left. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne ́/ compiled by Gale Research. Detroit |
| Subjects | Horse racing--1880-1890. Jockeys--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,117 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175458 |
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