A color print of multiple horse-drawn sleighs with passengers racing across the snow, a dog chasing one sleigh.

"Trotting Cracks" on the Snow.

Louis Maurer (1832-1932)

Date

1858
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Printed by Currier & Ives

Published by Currier & Ives
Dimensions

Image: 16 5/8 x 27 7/8 in.
Sheet: 21 5/16 x 31 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. on stone: L. Maurer fct
l.l. to l.r.: POCAHONTAS. LANCET. PRINCE. GREY EDDY. GENERAL DARCY. FLORA TEMPLE. LANTERN. LADY WOODRUFF. BROWN DICK. ALICE GREY. STELLA.
l.c.: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1858 BY CURRIER & IVES IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. \ 'TROTTING CRACKS' ON THE SNOW. \ NEW YORK. PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU STREET.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1970.220
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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