Print (Lithograph)

Museum Object Number 2000.0019.151 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

POINTING A BEVY.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of C. Porter Schutt

Creator (Role)

Currier & Ives (Lithographer and publisher)

Fanny F. Palmer (Draftsman)

Creator Notes

References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 66-7; Peters, America on Stone. Listed in New York City directories: 152 Nassau Street and 2 Spruce Street, 1857-65 152 Nassau Street and 33 Spruce Street, 1866-72 125 Nassau Street and 33 Spruce Street, 1872-74 123 Nassau Street and 33 Spruce Street, 1874-77 115 Nassau Street and 33 Spruce Street, 1877-94 108 Fulton Street and 33 Spruce Street, 1894-96 33 Spruce Street, 1896-1907Fanny Palmer began working for Nathaniel Currier (later Currier & Ives) about 1851, and is today credited with over 200 signed lithographs and countless others unsigned.

Date of Birth

18571812

Date of Death

190708/20/1876

Place of Origin

New York, New York, United States, North America

Date

1866

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; F. F. PALMER DEL.
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1866, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF N.Y.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; CURRIER & IVES, LITH. N. Y.
4. Inscription; Bottom center below title; NEW YORK, PUBLIS'D BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU S.\T

Subjects

Sporting pictures

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove); Rag board

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

29.75 (H) , 23.5625 (W) , 24.8125 (Image H) , 19.5625 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

75.565 (H) , 59.849 (W) , 24.8125 (Image H) , 19.5625 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Currier & Ives

Place of Publication

152 Nassau Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Object Description

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