Watercolour cartoon, signed 'Jeff'

Containers:

Map-Folio MS 10371 - File 7

Component identifier:

File 7

Content Summary:

Watercolour cartoon entitled 'Kentucky Colonel – 75th Kentucky Derby – a Yankee up'. 'Kentucky Colonel' was the name of one of the horses that ran in the 75th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, on 6 May 1949; face of Abraham Lincoln (from a US banknote) shown as jockey; inscribed by the artist, 'Jeff', to Jamie Towle Croy (later Jamie C. Kassler); Lincoln was a 'Yankee', i.e., northerner; the artist was a southerner in Kentucky

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection has been acquired from Jamie and Michael Kassler in instalments received in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Subjects:

Performing arts
Science and technology

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