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Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The American Trotter
The Celebrated Trotting Mares Maud S. and Aldine
Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1883 · hand-coloured lithograph
What it is
Maud S. and Aldine stand paired in harness to William H. Vanderbilt's wagon at Morrisania, two celebrated trotting mares matched stride for stride.
Why it matters
Vanderbilt was as well known for his fast road horses as for his railroads, and Currier & Ives sold the pairing itself — his money, these two record mares, moving as one — as the picture's whole appeal.
What to notice
the identical set of the two mares' knees at the same point in the stride.
Even a fortune has to keep time.
Provenance
- Maker
- Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1883
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured lithograph
- Made
- 1883
- Horse
- Maud S.
- Figure
- William H. Vanderbilt
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (LCCN 90715687)
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 40x60" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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Elsewhere in the family
- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.