50 Currier & Ives favorites, from the Museum of the City of New York /
Currier & Ives.
Baragwanath, Albert K.,1917-2006.
Museum of the City of New York.
New York : Crown Publishers,
[1978]
This volume is a bound folio of beautiful full-color 15x12 inch prints by Currier & Ives. Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). Based in New York City from 1834-1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. The prints depicted a variety of images of American life, including winter scenes; horse-racing images; portraits of people; and pictures of ships, sporting events, patriotic and historical events, including ferocious battles of the American Civil War, the building of cities and railroads, and Lincoln's assassination.
"An Artabras book."
The road-winter -- Autumn in New England -- Preparing for market -- Life in the country -- The mill-dam at "sleepy hollow" -- Home to Thanksgiving -- American forest scene -- Winter in the country -- American farm scenes. No. 4 -- The high bridge at Harlem, N.Y -- The grand drive, Central Park, N.Y -- Central-Park, winter -- New York Crystal Palace -- The life of a fireman -- The great fire of Chicago -- The "lightning express" trains -- Across the continent -- The Rocky Mountains -- Life on the prairie -- The snow-shoe dance -- Clipper ship "Nightingale" -- The clipper yacht "America" of New York -- Summer scenes in New York Harbor -- The whale fishery -- The wreck of the steam ship "San Francisco" -- Steam-boat Knickerbocker -- A midnight race on the Mississippi -- The life of a hunter -- Mink trapping -- Beach snipe shooting -- Trolling for blue fish -- American winter sports -- Ice-boat race on the Hudson -- The celebrated horse Lexington -- Peytona and fashion -- The American national game of base ball -- The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor -- Battle at Bunker's Hill -- Washington taking leave of the officers of his army -- Perry's victory on Lake Erie -- Hon. Abraham Lincoln -- The splendid naval triumph on the Mississippi -- The village blacksmith -- The cream of love -- Hug me closer George! -- Kiss me quick -- The four seasons of life : middle age -- The bloomer costume -- Glengariff Inn Ireland -- Noah's ark -- Commentary.
This volume is a bound folio of beautiful full-color 15x12 inch prints by Currier & Ives. Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). Based in New York City from 1834-1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. The prints depicted a variety of images of American life, including winter scenes; horse-racing images; portraits of people; and pictures of ships, sporting events, patriotic and historical events, including ferocious battles of the American Civil War, the building of cities and railroads, and Lincoln's assassination.
Currier & Ives
Museum of the City of New York.
Lithography, American