Museum Object Number2000.0019.175 A |
Print (Lithograph)
AMERICAN GAME.
Prints and Maps
Bequest of C. Porter Schutt
Currier & Ives (Lithographer and publisher)
Fanny F. Palmer (Draftsman)
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.
18571812
190708/20/1876
New York, New York, United States, North America
1866
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; F. F. PALMER, DEL.
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS AD. 1866, 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, PUB.\D BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU S.\T
Sporting pictures
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Lithography, Hand colored, Painted
24 (H) , 32.5 (W) , 19.5 (Image H) , 27.5625 (Image W)
60.96 (H) , 82.55 (W) , 19.5 (Image H) , 27.5625 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
Currier & Ives
152 Nassau Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.