Celebrated trotter Moose, by the Washburn horse: Record 2:191/2 – Vintage Wall Art
![Celebrated trotter Moose, by the Washburn horse: Record 2:191/2, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1881. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ee/ee4ec72bdf14-L.webp)
(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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This antique lithograph of Celebrated trotter Moose, by the Washburn horse: Record 2:191/2 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Celebrated trotter Moose, by the Washburn horse: Record 2:191/2
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Moose is shown here as a trotter who set a record of 2:19½, meaning he covered a mile in just under two and a half minutes, a benchmark that drew crowds to the harness-racing tracks of the day. The print identifies him as a horse "by the Washburn horse," placing him in a bloodline that breeders prized for speed. Currier & Ives issued many such portraits in the 1880s, when trotting was a popular sport and owners wanted their champions shown in lively, detailed form. The lithograph is a useful record of how the sport and its celebrated animals were presented to the public.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1881. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0992. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174185 |
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