Title: Currier & Ives, printmakers to the American people,
Authors: Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & co., inc.,
Year: 1942
Subjects: Currier & Ives.; Lithography, American.; Lithography United States.; Lithography, American
Abstract: Shows how Currier and Ives produced and distributed inexpensive colored prints that recorded the news of their times and how their choice and treatment of subjects appealed to and reflected the interests and values of 19th-century Americans.
Contents: Colored engravings for the people.--Mr. Currier and Mr. Ives.--Prints at six cents apiece wholesale.--The artists.--The prints.