Prince Imperial
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: Maker
content: Kissproof
label: artist
content: Kisson, J.D.M.
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white print of a white draft stallion standing in a grassy grove. His mane trails to the ground behind him and reaches his hind hoofs. The peaked roof of a home can be seen in the background.
label: Description
content: Prince Imperial was a Percheron who once had the world’s longest mane, which was 9 ft 10 inches long. He originally belonged to Emperor Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte III before he was bought by an American, Jacob Howser in 1869 for $3,000. Howser exhibited the horse at fairs and horse shows. Prince Imperial died in 1888 but was stuffed by Professor A.G. Ward so Howser could continue to exhibit the horse in season and display him at home in the off months. Prince Imperial was exhibited until Howser’s great-grandson ended the tradition. He wanted the horse burned, but instead he was sold to another family that displayed him in parades. He eventually came to be owned by the Marion County Historical Society in Ohio and continues to be displayed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Perrysville
topic: label: Subject
content: Livestock
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
label: used
content: Entertainment
label: used
content: Parades
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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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.60.3590
label: catalog number
content: 60.3590
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 12 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 31.115 cm x 34.29 cm