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Hudson River--crow nest – Vintage Wall Art

Hudson River--crow nest, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] — antique lithograph
Hudson River--crow nest, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Hudson River--crow nest, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A lookout posted high on the mast in a crow's nest is the detail that sets this hand-colored lithograph apart from the many river views the firm produced. Such platforms gave sailors a wide view for spotting shoals, other vessels, and shifting weather, and the Hudson, busy with sloops, barges, and steamboats, offered plenty to watch for. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that issued the print, sold colored lithographs of American scenery to a broad middle-class market from the 1850s into the early twentieth century. The publication range given here, 1856 to 1907, reflects how long the firm's plates and popular subjects stayed in circulation.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1850-1910.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3222
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,075 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174737

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