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A scene in old Ireland – Antique Wall Art

A scene in old Ireland, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] — antique lithograph
A scene in old Ireland, 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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A scene in old Ireland comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A Scene in Old Ireland" is a hand-colored lithograph issued by Currier & Ives, the New York firm that produced inexpensive prints for American homes from the 1830s until 1907. Its title points to Ireland as a nostalgic subject, a theme that appealed to the many Irish immigrants and their neighbors who bought such pictures. The catalog number, 5808, comes from the firm's standard reference listing, which helps researchers trace this print among the company's many rural and genre scenes. Hand coloring, applied by workers after printing, was a common way to make these lithographs more affordable and appealing.

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. 5808
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,052 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175085

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