Kollner, Augustus. “The Principal Breeds of Horses in use in North America..."

Augustus Kollner.  “The Principal Breeds of Horses in use in North America Dedicated to the Friend and Admirers of the Horse.” 

Philadelphia: A. Kollner, 1872.  20 1/2 x 16 (image including tinted background).  Lithograph by Kollner.  Initialed in image by the artist above the name of each horse breed.  Two short repaired tears in left hand margin.  Chip in bottom left hand margin corner.  Else, very good condition.  Very rare.  Ref: America on Stone Peters.  Library of Company Annual Report, 1966.  Pg. 49.  A/A 

This print depicts six horse breeds: on the left, top to bottom are an "American Trotter", a "Heavy English Draught Horse", and a "Morgan Horse"; on the right, top to bottom are an "Arabian Horse", a "Horse of Normandy", and a "Race Horse."  Kollner was a lover of horses which were one of his favorite subjects to draw.     

Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Köllner, born in Wurttenberg in 1812, worked as an artist, engraver and lithographer in Stuttgart and Paris before emigrating to America in 1839.  Köllner settled in Washington where he continued as a professional draftsman and also began to make drawings of American scenery.  In 1840 he moved to Philadelphia, meeting P.S. Duval, who hired Köllner to draw illustrations for Duval and Huddy’s U.S. Military Magazine.  Köllner achieved considerable success in Philadelphia as a lithographic artist, producing a wide range of prints, including trade cards, labels, and illustrations.