Price: $500.00
SKU: 93723
PUBLISHER: Published by J.P. Howell, 29 Jay Street, New York
MEDIUM: Color-lithograph,
DATE: 1868.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 14 x 21 3/8" (35.4 x 54.2 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Rae Smith Printer N.Y. <br><br> A satirical piece depicting a jockey begging for what he views as a perfect wife, as per his views of a perfect horse. A portion of the lower text reads, "O! Mighty Nimrod, as it is not my nature to run the race set before me alone, to Thee I pray for a helpmate. Send me, I beseech Thee, a wife such as will suit a lover of the turf and chase; and as I am to be saddled to her for life, let her be gentle in her disposition. I desire her to have a clear, full eye, a finely put up head and neck, in every particular a good forehead, and go well up on her pasterns...."
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Generally good condition. Minor mat stain and some repaired tearing in the margins, one enters the image 1/8"
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