Object Number 1988.0040 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

CAPTURE OF ANDRE 1780.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Ruth A. Hansen

Creator (Role)

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

Place of Origin

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

Date

1845

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier
2. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office
3. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; 2 Spruce St. N.Y.

Subjects

Historical

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

10 (H) , 14 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 11.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.3 (H) , 35.5 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 11.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Currier, Nathaniel

Publication Date

1845

Place of Publication

2 Spruce Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Coloring

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. 1.
• Print listed as cat. no.0898, p.92.
[Book] Peters, Harry Twyford. 1929 Currier and Ives: Printmakers to the American People. 2 vols.
• Print listed as cat. no.968, p.206.