The prodigal son receiving his patrimony – Antique Print
![The prodigal son receiving his patrimony, New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3b/3bd9fc1f949a-L.webp)
(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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The prodigal son receiving his patrimony comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The prodigal son receiving his patrimony
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The parable of the prodigal son, here shown at the moment the younger son receives his share of the family estate, was a favorite subject for American printmakers in the mid-nineteenth century, when moral tales were widely used to instruct and entertain households. Nathaniel Currier issued this hand-colored lithograph in New York sometime between 1835 and 1856, a period when his firm was producing inexpensive images for a broad middle-class market. The scene draws on the Gospel of Luke, where a son demands his inheritance, leaves home, and later returns in repentance. Collectors of Currier work often note how such religious subjects sat alongside sporting, rural, and political scenes in the firm's catalog.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5637 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,029 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175033 |
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