Lady Thorn and American Girl
date: label: Date made
content: 1869
name: label: maker
content: Kelly, George
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Color print of two trotting horse (Lady Thorn and American Girl) pulling wagons racing on a dirt surface. The caption identifies this as a race at Fashion Course, L.I. on July 12, 1869.
label: Description
content: A color print of a race between a brown and bay mare (Lady Thorn and American Girl), each pulling a four wheeled trotter and driver. The drivers are intent on the holding reins. They wear caps down on their foreheads, loose shirts, and narrow pants. The dirt track is even. Green fields and gently rolling hills are in the background. It takes place at Fashion Course, LI on July 12, 1869.
label: Description
content: Lady Thorn was born on May 9, 1856 from Mambrino Chief and Rodes Mare in Lexington, Kentucky. She was owned by Levi T. Rhodes. Her career spanned 1863 to 1870, when she one 51 of 66 races.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
label: depicted
content: United States: New York, Long Island
topic: label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Wagons
label: related event
content: Horse Race between Lady Thorn and American Girl
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Horses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3589
label: catalog number
content: 60.3589
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 16 7/8 in x 24 1/2 in; 42.8625 cm x 62.23 cm