Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
1864.5
Marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Panel:
Title
Panel:
Object name
Stevensgraph
Date
1866-1891
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 9 in. ( 15.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description
Stevensgraph in black and olive green representing a horse race in progress, crowds, trees and four structures, inscribed "At Old Jerome."
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1952.318
Marks
woven: bottom center: "AT OLD JEROME"
Gallery Label
Financier Leonard Walter Jerome (1817-1891) was the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill. He opened the Jerome Park Racetrack with the American Jockey Club on the Bathgate estate in Fordham September 25, 1866. The track popularized sprint races and staged annual stakes events, beginning with the Belmont Stakes in 1867. The track closed in 1889 to make way for a reservoir, temporarily re-opening in 1891 for the races of the Monmouth Park (New Jersey) Racing Association.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
