Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The American Trotter
Fast Trotting in the West - Lucy and Goldsmith Maid
Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, c.1874 · hand-coloured lithograph
What it is
Lucy and Goldsmith Maid race head to head on a Western trotting track, Currier & Ives matching two of the era's fastest mares stride for stride.
Why it matters
Goldsmith Maid was among the most celebrated trotters America produced, and a print that set her against a rival sold the rivalry as much as the mare herself.
What to notice
the drivers' matching forward lean in their sulkies, both men reading the same finish.
A record is only safe until the next mare tries.
Provenance
- Maker
- Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, c.1874
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured lithograph
- Made
- 1874
- Horse
- Goldsmith Maid
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (LCCN 2001699086)
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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