Object Number 2000.0019.015 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

THE HAPPY FAMILY./ RUFFLED GROUSE AND YOUNG.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of C. Porter Schutt

Creator (Role)

Currier & Ives (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

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

1866

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 1866 BY CURRIER & IVES IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF N. Y.

Subjects

Sporting pictures

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

23.5625 (H) , 31.0625 (W) , 19.4375 (Image H) , 27.625 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

59.849 (H) , 78.899 (W) , 19.4375 (Image H) , 27.625 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Currier & Ives

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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