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Billards-Froze together"" – Antique Wall Art

Billards-Froze together"", [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1874. — antique lithograph
Billards-Froze together"", [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1874.. Antique lithograph from the Sports collection.

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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Billards-Froze together"". An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The title, "Billards-Froze together," sets up a joke built around the billiard table, and the wordplay is the first thing to notice. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that issued this 1874 lithograph, produced inexpensive prints for a broad public, and its humorous scenes often reflected everyday leisure. Billiards was a popular pastime in parlors and public rooms across the country in the 1870s, so the subject would have been familiar to many buyers. The firm's catalog raisonné, compiled by Gale Research, lists this print as no. 0586, which makes it easy to trace among the company's other works.

Created / published[New York] : Currier & Ives, 1874.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1870-1880.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0586.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,065 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174142

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