STELLA AND ALICE GREY - LANTERN AND WHALEBONE 1952 Nathaniel Currier PRINT

Original 1952 Reprint 13 1/2 inch x 8 1/2 inch Colour Print of the 1855 Lithograph titled STELLA AND ALICE GREY - LANTERN AND WHALEBONE. “PASSING THE STAND”. IN THEIR GREAT MATCH FOR $2000 IN DOUBLE HARNESS OVER THE UNION COURSE L.I. JUNE 5th 1855.

On June 5, 1855, Stella and mate Alice Grey trotted in double harness over the Union Course against Lantern and Whalebone. This much celebrated race to wagons won by Lantern and Whalebone featured perhaps two other Maine bred trotters as some sources claim that Alice Grey and Whalebone were also Maine bred..

Originally produced in 1869 by Currier and Ives. 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 brother-in-law 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 at home.

Inscription under the image: “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by N. Currier, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York // REPRINTED FROM LITH. OF N. CURRIER”

Published by Bonanza Books, New York

Plate size 15 3/8 inch x 11 5/8 inch

Reverse side blank

The print is in very good condition.