Object Number 2000.0019.151 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

POINTING A BEVY.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest 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

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.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; CURRIER & IVES, LITH. N. Y.
4. Inscription; Bottom center below title; NEW YORK, PUBLIS'D BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU S.\T

Subjects

Sporting pictures

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove); Rag board

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

29.75 (H) , 23.5625 (W) , 24.8125 (Image H) , 19.5625 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

75.565 (H) , 59.849 (W) , 24.8125 (Image H) , 19.5625 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Currier & Ives

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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