Image of an eye-level scene of the stable yard of the Woodruff Stables owned by horse dealer and trainer Hiram Woodruff in the Bronx, New York, with men standing, on horseback, and driving carriages and two dogs; handwritten and printed labels in the lower margin identify the center horse as Lady Emma and four of the men as Hiram Woodruff and Brewster and Company partners Henry Brewster, James W. Lawrence, and Jonathan W. Britton; a black man wearing a fez tends to a horse in the left corner of the image. Image described in Museum of the City of New York. Painting the Town: Cityscapes of New York, 2000, page 35. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York by Brewster & Co."--text, bottom center margin. "Endicott & Co. Lith, 59 Beekman St. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Painted by J.A. Oertel, 1862."--text, bottom left margin. "J.A. Oertel / Dec. 1861"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left of image. "Brewster & Co. Broome St. N.Y. / Road Wagons"--text, bottom center margin. "Henry Brewster. [space] Jas. W. Lawrence. [space]Jno. W. Britton."--text, printed labels pasted in lower margin. "Hiram Woodruff [space] Lady Emma"--text, handwritten labels in lower margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.33 x 85.41 cm (23 3/4 x 33 5/8 in.)
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Woodruff, Hiram Washington, 1817-1867--Pictorial works Advertising--Carriages and carts African Americans--Pictorial works Horse dealers--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Stables--Pictorial works Annotations Brewster & Co Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Documentary prints. (local)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Carriage and Wagon The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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