Noah's Ark
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: referenced
content: Noah
label: publisher
content: Currier and Ives
notes: label: Description
content: Noah's Ark, an Old Testament story, appealed to 19th-century children as part of their Bible study. The animals also appeared in the form of games and toys. Prints of religious scenes and other uplifting subjects were recommended as encouraging moral improvement, especially for the benefit of children. Currier and Ives published half-a-dozen different versions of Noah's Ark in several sizes. The firm issued hundreds of religious prints featuring Christian subjects for both Catholic and Protestant devotions. A number of these images were produced with titles in Spanish and French for immigrants and for foreign markets.
label: Description
content: The firm of Currier and Ives was an important publisher of American lithographs. Nathaniel Currier produced his first prints in the 1830s and, after 1857 with his partner James M. Ives, enjoyed great success publishing what the firm advertised as "cheap, popular pictures for the people." Currier and Ives produced more than 7,000 titles over nearly eight decades, and their name has become synonymous with the 19th-century American popular print.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Bible
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roger Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24050
label: catalog number
content: 24050
label: accession number
content: 219034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: print; Graphics; Planographic; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lithograph (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 30.5 cm x 39.5 cm; 12 in x 15 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: image: 24.7 cm x 31.7 cm; 9 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in