Star of the north – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Star of the north. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Star of the north
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Nathaniel Currier issued "Star of the North" from his New York shop around 1847, a hand-colored lithograph whose title sets it apart from the firm's many scenes of ships, farms and city life. Currier's business was then producing inexpensive pictures for a broad public, and workers often colored these sheets by hand, so surviving copies can differ slightly in tint and finish. The record gives little detail about the subject, so the print is best understood as an example of the mid-century trade in popular images.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, c1847. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6107 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,131 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172886 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
