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The young mother – Historic Reproduction

The young mother, New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] — antique lithograph
The young mother, New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856]. 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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Little beyond its title survives for this hand-colored lithograph, "The young mother," which bears a publisher's line naming N. Currier of New York. Currier issued prints like it between 1835 and 1856, before his partnership with James Merritt Ives began, and sold them cheaply to a broad middle-class public. Domestic scenes of mothers and children were a staple of the firm's output and reflect the sentimental taste of the period. The print is listed as number 7421 in the Gale Research catalog raisonné of Currier & Ives.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1830-1860.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7421
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,033 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175288

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