Object Number 2000.0019.016 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

AMERICAN WINTER SPORTS./ TROUT FISHING "ON CHATEAUGAY LAKE" (Franklin Co. N.Y.)

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

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

Charles Parsons (Draftsman)
1821-1910
References: Peters, America on Stone, p. 308; Peters, Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People, volume (Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929-31).

Endicott & Co. (Printer)
1852-1886
References: Last, The Color Explosion, pp. 76-7; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 171-79 (for all information on the Endicotts and their several firms). New York City Directory listings for William Endicott & Co. (see Endicott firms for their dates and addresses): 1852-56 59 Beekman Street 1857-58 59 Beekman Street and 89 Ann Street 1859-70 59 Beekman Street 1871-86 57 Beekman Street 1887-89 75 Murray Street

Place of Origin

New York, New York, United States, North America

Date

1856

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature ; Bottom right within image; A. F. Tait 1856
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; C. PARSONS DEL. PRINTED BY ENDICOTT & C.\o
3. Inscription; Center beneath image; ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1856. 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 (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

21.9375 (H) , 27.375 (W) , 17.8125 (Image H) , 25.75 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

55.721 (H) , 69.532 (W) , 17.8125 (Image H) , 25.75 (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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