THE HOME STRETCH

Reference Number:- Sprake Number:- Godden Number:-
st 332 STG171 32
 
The Home Stretch of two horses and American type trotting carts

Words:
Woven on silk:-
 

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-
WOVEN IN SILK BY THOMAS STEVENS, INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, COVENTRY AND LONDON (REGISTERED.)

The Home Stretch.
Size:
Card mount:
12.4cm deep by 20.3cm wide

silk:
4.9cm high by 15.0cm wide

Comments:
by Austin Sprake:
An American trotting match with two sulkies passing the judge's box. Colour variations exist in the drivers' clothing.

by Geoffrey Godden:
This rare landscape Stevengraph depicts an American trotting match between two contestants. The title was listed on labels 18, 19a and 22a but not on others. Most examples are affixed to type B card-mounts [as above]. 

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