Father and child – Historic Print
(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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Father and child comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Father and child
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The record preserves little about this particular print beyond its title and imprint, which credit Nathaniel Currier of New York and date it to about 1849. It belongs to the many small lithographs Currier issued in the 1840s, when inexpensive, often hand-colored sentimental scenes sold widely to middle-class households. Currier was one of the earliest American printmakers to build a business on lithography, and his output from this decade shows how popular printmaking reached ordinary buyers. The print is listed in the 1983 Currier & Ives catalog raisonné as number 2075.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, c1849. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2075 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 962 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174432 |
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