A run of luck – Historic 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.)
Description
A window into the past: A run of luck, 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 run of luck takes its title from the language of games and sport, where a streak of good fortune can decide a contest. Published in New York by Currier & Ives around 1870 or 1871, it belongs to the firm's large body of sporting scenes, which were made for a popular market that bought affordable prints for homes and taverns. Currier & Ives's sporting subjects, including hunting, fishing, and racing, offer a view of the leisure pursuits that interested Americans in the years after the Civil War. The print is listed in the Gale Research catalog raisonné of the firm's work as number 5698.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1870, c1871. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5698 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,212 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156186 |
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