The Curragh Race Course
date: label: date made
content: 1867
name: label: maker
content: Goff, Joseph L.
label: maker
content: Farrell, E.D.
notes: label: Description
content: A color print of nine horses racing on a course, while ladies and gentleman observe, converse, place wagers, and picnic in the foreground. Behind the tents are a canopied refreshment stand and a roulette hall with wagons and buggies.
label: Description
content: The Curragh Racecourse is Ireland’s most important Thoroughbred racetrack in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. The gaelic word from which the name is derived means “racecourse.” The first recorded race was in 1727, but it had been used prior as well. The first Irish Derby was held there in 1866 as it was and continues to be the premier track for the country.
label: Description
content: Goff was the publisher for P.D. Farrell’s “Curragh Race Course…1867”. Goff was a Philadelphia publisher who is listed at 31 South 5th Street in 1867.
label: Description
content: P.D. Farrell worked as a lithographer in New York City, located at 37 Spring Street in 1867. His works are noted as being “one of the crudest lithographs. I almost considered putting it in as an example of the type to be avoided” according to America on Stone.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Commercial Buildings
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
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.60.2829
label: catalog number
content: 60.2829
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 20 in x 25 3/8 in; 50.8 cm x 64.4525 cm