The Chariot Race

1875

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Peter Moran, Stephen James Ferris, and others

The Chariot Race

1875

Physical Qualities Etching and roulette on chine collé, Sheet: 494 × 810 mm. (19 7/16 × 31 7/8 in.) Image: 217 × 572 mm. (8 9/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1984.81.2828

James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 77.

Illustrated Catalogue of Etchings by American Artists for Sale by Frederick Keppel & Co., New York: De Vinne Press, n.d. (Impressions on Japan paper $6). Wray, Henry Russell, A Review of Etching in the United States, Philadelphia: R.C. Penfield, 1893, p. 55-58. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 115 no. 3.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: lower left in plate: "P Moran & S Ferris etchd 1875"; lower right in plate: "Wagner Pinxt"; lower center in plate: "CHARIOT RACE IN THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS, ROME. / In the presence of The Emperor Domitian. / COPYRIGHT 1875. GEBBIE & BARRIE. PHILADELPHIA."; lower right in graphite: "PMoran"; by later hand, lower left in graphite: "Moran & Ferris"; by later hand, upper right in graphite: "Ferris"