Fashion
date: label: date made
content: after 1838
label: date made
content: ca 1842
name: label: maker
content: Dick, A. L.
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white print of a black race horse mounted by a jockey who wears jodphurs and a jacket with a wide lapel. A meadow surrounded by trees, fence, and a small country house.
label: Description
content: Fashion was bred in 1837 by William Gibbons, Esq. of Madison, Morris County, NJ. Her sire was Trustee and her dam was Bonnets o’ Blue. Under the training of Samuel Laird, she won 32 of her 36 starts and gathered $41,500 in prize money. Her races were highly publicized. The North versus South Match Race against Boston in 1842 saw a crowd of 70,000 supporters. Despite Boston’s three mile lead, Fashion won with a time of 7:32 ½ for a four mile race. He next rival was the southern Peytona, who defeated Fashion in the first match but lost in the two rematches. Fashion raced until age 11 and then produced 10 foals in stud. She was sold to John Reber of Lancaster, Ohio in 1855. She died in 1860 and was eventually inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the namesake of a steamboat, several hotels, a brand of ladies’ gloves, and men’s cigars.
label: Description
content: Archibald Dick lived 1805-1855. He was born in Scotland and studied engraving in Edinburgh before coming to America in the early 1830’s. He was a partner at the New York City firm of Barnard and Dick in 1831 before he joined Gimmer and Dick in 1833. He later left this firm to establish his own solo firm. Dick lived in Brooklyn til his death in 1855. His works were reproduced in contemporary magazines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: depicted
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1830-1839
label: referenced
content: Horse Racing
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Horses
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Wikipedia
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.60.2823
label: catalog number
content: 60.2823
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engraving
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 11 5/8 in x 15 1/8 in; 29.5275 cm x 38.4175 cm