Print (Color lithograph)

  • Title:

    PIGEON SHOOTING./ "Playing the decoy."_

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Currier & Ives (Lithographer and publisher)

    Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (Painter)

  • Place of Origin:

    New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1862

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1993.0120


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1993.0120

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

Title

PIGEON SHOOTING./ "Playing the decoy."_

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of C. Porter Schutt

Creator (Role)

Currier & Ives (Lithographer and publisher)
1857-1907
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, 1896-1907

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (Painter)
08/05/1819-04/28/1905
References: Appleton's Cyclopedia.

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1862

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Bottom right corner in image; A. F Tait, NY.
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; PAINTED BY A. F. TAIT.
3. Inscription; Center beneath image; ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1862, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
4. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
5. Inscription; Bottom center below title; NEW YORK. PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU S.\T

Subjects

Sporting pictures

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

23.9 (H) , 31.9 (W) , 19 (Image H) , 27.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

60.8 (H) , 81 (W) , 19 (Image H) , 27.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Measurements of frame: H (at left): 28.1 in. (71.4 cm); W (at bottom): 36.4 in. (92.5 cm): D (at bottom left corner): 1.0 in. (2.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

Currier & Ives

Publication Date

1862

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones and hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Gale Research Company & Reilly, Bernard F. 1984 Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonné: A Comprehensive catalogue of the lithographs of Nathaniel Currier, James Merrit Ives and Charles Currier, including ephemera associated with the firm, 1834-1907. 2.
Print listed as no. 5181, p. 534.
[Book] Peters, Harry Twyford. 1929 Currier and Ives: Printmakers to the American People. 2 vols.
Print listed as no. 3330, p. 335.