Central Park Goat Carriage (Souvenir Postcard)
This souvenir postcard shows two goats pulling five children in a minature carriage, with a uniformed attendant walking along side. A boy drives seated next to a girl on the box, both well dressed, and two girls and a boy sit in the back. Goat rides were offered to children in the vicinity of the Mall between 1869 and the early twentieth century (also see a related but less realistic lithograph by Henry Schile and George Schlegel, published 1873, "Preparing for a Drive", 54.90.1077).
Artwork Details
- Title: Central Park Goat Carriage (Souvenir Postcard)
- Artist: Anonymous, American, 19th century
- Date: ca. 1894
- Medium: Lithograph on card
- Dimensions: sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 5/8 in. (11 x 16.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
- Object Number: 2018.839.116
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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