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[ILLINOIS]. M.W. Dunham’s Oaklawn Farm. Wayne, Illinois. The Largest Importing and Breeding Establishment in the World. Chicago: Shober & Carqueville Litho. Co., n.d., 1880s. Tinted lithograph broadside (21 ¼ x 26 ½”) with a central panoramic bird’s eye view of Oaklawn (including Oaklawn Castle), and surrounding views of Quarters for Brood Mares and Colts, Superintendent’s House, Weaning Stables, a Group of French Coach Mares and Colts and Foaling Stables and Exercising Yards. Handsomely matted and framed, overall 28 ½ x 34”. Staining in lower corners only slightly affecting image. SCARCE early lithograph of Oaklawn Farm, the horse breeding establishment of Mark Wentworth Dunham (1842-1899). The farm was especially well-known for importing French coach and Percheron draft horses, and for establishing the Percheron breed in America. The horses were exhibited during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.