American Jockey Club Races, Jerome Park – Tom Bowling Winning the Jerome Stakes for 3 Year Olds, Value $5,500 – Dash Two Miles; October 4th 1873 (Un-official Time 3:40)
In this horse racing scene five jockeys, one of them African American, race thoroughbred horses along a track from left to right. A tall viewing stand is shown in the distance at the center of the track.
The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company.
The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company.
Artwork Details
- Title: American Jockey Club Races, Jerome Park – Tom Bowling Winning the Jerome Stakes for 3 Year Olds, Value $5,500 – Dash Two Miles; October 4th 1873 (Un-official Time 3:40)
- Lithographer: John Cameron (American, born Scotland, ca. 1828–after 1896 New York)
- Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1873
- Medium: Color lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 16 1/4 × 26 1/8 in. (41.3 × 66.4 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
- Object Number: 54.90.1045
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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