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Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The American Trotter
The Trotting Mare Nancy Hanks
Currier & Ives, lithographed by John Cameron, 1892 · hand-coloured lithograph
What it is
Nancy Hanks at full extension to her bicycle sulky, record 2:04 — the American parlor’s favorite athlete, sold to every farmhouse wall.
Why it matters
Harness racing was the young republic’s speed obsession, and the great print firms sold it by the sheet.
What to notice
The reach of the stride — the lithographer’s license and the real record, both true at once.
Before the stopwatch, the artist kept time.
Provenance
- Maker
- Currier & Ives, lithographed by John Cameron, 1892
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured lithograph
- Made
- 1892
- Horse
- Nancy Hanks
- In frame
- a period American driving park (historical-document doctrine)
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs (LCCN 2002697399) · LCCN 2002697399
Historical document
This is a period artefact that carries a venue or stable mark in its own frame. It appears here as the historical record shows it — never as a house mark, a keyword, or an endorsement, and never pre-populated anywhere in this shop.
Print master
The largest formats are printed from a master enlarged 1.2× from the surviving 7496×5736 scan by AI enhancement (Claid smart-enhance), prepared for the considered detail of a print viewed at distance. The source record above is unchanged — the enhancement serves the wall, not the archive.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-20.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 40x60" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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