The great book of Currier & Ives' America /
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. Litho...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Abbeville Press,
[1979]
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| Summary: | 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. Lithographic prints could be reproduced quickly and purchased inexpensively, and the firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people. |
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| Item Description: | Cushing Library Kelsey Americana copy has a plate affixed stating "This autographed first edition copy....is specially boxed in a handmade leather slipcase stamped in gold and limited to 3000 copies, numbered and signed by the author." Copy number 584. "All of the illustrations in this book, except one, come from the Harry T. Peters Collection ... They are reproduced through the courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York."--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 487 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 39 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 487) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0896590704 |