Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The American Trotter
The Celebrated Trotting Mare Lucy, Passing the Judges' Stand
Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1872 · hand-coloured lithograph
What it is
Lucy driven past the judges' stand at Buffalo, winning the fourth heat of a $5,000 purse on the ninth of August, 1872.
Why it matters
Currier & Ives printed the purse and the heat number because their buyers wanted to own the exact moment a named mare took a named prize, not a generic gallop.
What to notice
The driver's weight thrown back against the reins as the wire comes up.
A win gets a number; a legend gets a lithograph.
Provenance
- Maker
- Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph, 1872
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured lithograph
- Made
- 1872
- Horse
- Lucy
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (LCCN 90715611)
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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