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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., ca. 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. Not examined out of frame.