Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The American Trotter
The Celebrated Trotting Mare Goldsmith Maid Driven by Budd Doble
Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1871 · hand-coloured lithograph
What it is
Goldsmith Maid, driven by Budd Doble, beating Lucy in three straight heats at Buffalo on the eleventh of August, 1871.
Why it matters
Doble made Goldsmith Maid the sport's dominant name for a decade, and Currier & Ives printed her rival's name into the title itself — beating Lucy was the whole caption.
What to notice
Doble's hands held low and still, a driver trusting the mare more than the whip.
The queen's crown is stitched from other mares' losses.
Provenance
- Maker
- Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1871
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured lithograph
- Made
- 1871
- Horse
- Goldsmith Maid
- Figure
- Budd Doble
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (LCCN 90715601)
Publicity
Clear — the historic British turf (the Victorian jockeys, the Vanity Fair subjects): a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
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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