Object Number 2000.0019.163 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

AMERICAN COUNTRY LIFE./ October Afternoon.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of C. Porter Schutt

Creator (Role)

Nathaniel Currier (Lithographer and publisher)
03/27/1813-11/20/1888

Fanny F. Palmer (Draftsman)
1812-08/20/1876
Fanny Palmer began working for Nathaniel Currier (later Currier & Ives) about 1851, and is today credited with over 200 signed lithographs and countless others unsigned.

Place of Origin

New York, New York, United States, North America

Date

1855

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 1855 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court of the Southern District of N. Y.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; LITH. BY N. CURRIER.
4. Inscription; Bottom center below title; NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET.

Subjects

Genre scene; Sporting pictures

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

20.5 (H) , 27.563 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 23.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

52.07 (H) , 70.009 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 23.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Currier, Nathaniel

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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