Object Number 2000.0019.017 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

AMERICAN WINTER SPORTS./ DEER SHOOTING "ON THE SHATTAGEE." (Northern New York)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of C. Porter Schutt

Creator (Role)

Louis Maurer (Draftsman)
02/21/1832-07/19/1932
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 273 & pp. 213-14; Peters, Currier & Ives, vol. I, pp. 63-70. (Peters was a personal friend of Maurer's.) Maurer was the last surviving artist to have been employed by Currier & Ives. His best known work for the firm is probably "The Rail Candidate" (1860).

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

Place of Origin

New York, New York, United States, North America

Date

1855

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature ; Bottom right within image; L. Maurer. 55.
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; L. MAURER DEL.
3. 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.
4. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; LITH. BY N. CURRIER N.Y.
5. Inscription; Bottom center below title; NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET

Subjects

Sporting pictures

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

21.125 (H) , 28.625 (W) , 17.8125 (Image H) , 25.875 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

53.657 (H) , 72.707 (W) , 17.8125 (Image H) , 25.875 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Currier, Nathaniel

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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