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Original 1907 Chicago Tribune Sunday art supplement titled "Shoeing the Bay Mare." Published by J.V. Sloan & Co. A vivid early 20th-century chromolithograph depicting a blacksmith at work shoeing a horse, with a loyal dog and stable companions nearby. Excellent color and detail, printed on period newsprint— a classic Americana equestrian collectible, ideal for framing.
Title: Shoeing the Bay Mare
Date: 1907
Medium: Color chromolithograph (newspaper art supplement)
Publisher: J.V. Sloan & Co , New York — for The Chicago Tribune
Dimensions: 17 in × 11 in.
Subject: A blacksmith bending to shoe a horse, surrounded by a stable scene with a dog and another horse
These vivid color lithographs were printed as art supplements in major newspapers around the early 1900s to encourage Sunday readership. "Shoeing the Bay Mare" was among the more popular equestrian-themed illustrations of that time.