Trotting Cracks on the Road
date: label: Date made
content: 1871
label: Date made
content: 1870
name: label: maker
content: Kelly, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Color print of numerous horse-drawn carriages in front of a roadside building identified as "Point View".
label: Description
content: A hand colored print of a wide road in front of two wayside houses filled with carriages drawn by spirited horses, singles and in teams. The buggies have folded-back tops, straight footboards and flat bottoms. Couples and single drivers hold colorful lap rugs over their knees. They are all dressed in high fashion of the period. White frame hotels have verandas and attached shelters for horses. The hotel in the foreground has a flat roof and prominent sign reading: “Point View E. Sturce.” The hotel is the background has a shed roof and closed porch. The lane is lined with trees.
label: Description
content: Thomas Kelly, of New York City, was one of the more successful publishers of the period, creating archetypal and idyllic views of all areas of life in America. Kelly's work is distinctive for strong coloring and vivid, forthright compositions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Carriages
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1870-1879
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Commercial Buildings
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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: 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.60.3560
label: catalog number
content: 60.3560
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 18 1/4 in x 24 3/4 in; 46.355 cm x 62.865 cm