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“Lady Thorn” – framed print

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This is an 18″ X 21″ framed and mounted vintage Americana print.

Title at bottom –
LADY THORN,
THE CELEBRATED TROTTING MARE. FORMERLY “MAID OF ASHLAND.”

The artist was John Cameron (1830-1876) – Original appears to be made in 1866.

Research says – “Lady Thorn, is a bay mare, 16 hands and 1 inch high, raised by Col Wm Dunlap, of Kentucky. She was got by the Famous Horse Mambrino Chief out of a thoroughbred mare : By Gano (who was by American Eclipse,) Grandam by Potomac, Gr. Grandam by Imp. Messenger, she has therefore three corsses of the Messenger blood as Follows, on the male side : Mambrino Chief, Mambrino Paymaster, Mambrino Messenger, on her Dams side the Gano Mare, Gano, American Exlipse, Miller’s Damsel, Messenger, the Gano Mare’s Dam : The Potomac Mare, The Messenger Mare. Messenger.

“Lady Thorn is next to Dexter as the best trotting horse of all time.”

Listed: July 27, 2023