Vintage Framed DUNGANNON Lithograph ANNAPOLIS SUBSCRIPTION PLATE Winner 1743

Sourced from a farmhouse barn in NewmarketSuffolk.

Dungannon, was a thoroughbred racehorse owned by the tobacco planter and horse breeder George Hume Stuart (1700-1784), who imported the horse from England to race against his rival, Charles Carroll of Annapolis (1703-1783). Dungannon won the Annapolis Subscription Plated, in May 1743, the first recorded formal horse race in colonial Maryland, and the second oldest in North America.

Measurements

Length - 42.0 cm

Width - 31.5 cm

Depth - 1.35 cm

Condition - USED (signs of age, wear and tear, distressed frame - minor foxing on paper evident, doesn't spoil effect, please see pics)