A black and white print of a handbill advertising an auction of horses on June 2, 1837. A view of a horserace appears in the center of the text with details.
Jared W. Bell was born in 1798 and died in 1870 from Bright’s Disease in New York. He had been married and was a painter by profession.
Forbes was a historical painter and etcher born in New York City in 1839. He studied painting under Arthur F. Tait in 1859. From 1861-1865 he was a staff artist for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Til 1895 he drew upon his Civil War sketches for etchings and book illustrations. He died in Brooklyn in 1895.
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