Trotting cracks" on the snow" – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Trotting cracks" on the snow" comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Trotting cracks" on the snow"
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Louis Maurer's lithograph "Trotting Cracks" on the Snow shows a sleigh race, a winter sport that drew crowds of spectators to frozen roads and open fields in the Northeast. Published by Currier & Ives in New York around 1858, it belongs to a long run of sporting and genre prints the firm sold cheaply to a broad middle-class public. Trotting horses pulling light sleighs were a source of local pride and wagering, and the print captures both the speed of the animals and the excitement of the spectators. Maurer, a German-born artist who worked extensively for Currier, drew many such scenes of American life.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1858. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6652 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110574 |
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