Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The American Trotter
Champion Trotting Queen Alix
Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1893 · hand-coloured lithograph
What it is
Alix laid flat to the sulky at Washington Park, Chicago, taking the Columbian Exposition Purse in September of 1893 at a 2:07¾ record.
Why it matters
Currier & Ives closed out the trotting century with its fastest mare yet, the record time printed on the sheet as the whole argument for owning it.
What to notice
The driver crouched low over the dash, the posture speed demanded by 1893.
Every record retires the one before it.
Provenance
- Maker
- Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1893
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured lithograph
- Made
- 1893
- Horse
- Alix
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (LCCN 90715812)
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 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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