(SPORTS EQUESTRIAN) Wright C C American Eclipse

Sale 1940 - Lot 424

Price Realized: $ 632

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

RARE EARLY AMERICAN SPORTING PRINT (SPORTS--EQUESTRIAN.) Wright, C. C. American Eclipse. Color printed engraving with additional hand-coloring, after a painting by A. Fisher, 300x350 mm sheet size, trimmed but with no loss to image or caption and with ample margins for matting; lightly foxed overall, very light creases, small light stain in lower left corner. New York, 1823

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This is a scarce, early American sporting print of the greatest American racing horse of the first third of the 19th century and the sire of numerous future champions. Bred on Long Island, American Eclipse withstood numerous challenges, including several heated North-South races. Charles Henry Hall commissioned Massachusetts artist Alvin Fisher to paint portraits of American Eclipse and two other horses, which are considered the first significant horse portraits in America. This engraving by Wright is not listed in Fielding's checklist of American engravers.<