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Print (Color lithograph)
PIGEON SHOOTING./ "Playing the decoy."_
Currier & Ives, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
1862
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Currier & Ives (Lithographer and publisher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1993.0120
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of C. Porter Schutt
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Object Number
1993.0120
Object Name
Print (Color lithograph)
Title
PIGEON SHOOTING./ "Playing the decoy."_
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Currier & Ives (Lithographer and publisher); Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (Painter)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1862
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Bottom right corner in image
Inscription: A. F Tait, NY.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: PAINTED BY A. F. TAIT.
Type: Inscription
Location: Center beneath image
Inscription: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1862, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center below title
Inscription: NEW YORK. PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU S.\T
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Sporting pictures
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Lithography
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
23.9 (H) x 31.9 (W) x 19 (Image H) x 27.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
60.8 (H) x 81 (W) x 48.25 (Image H) x 69.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Measurements of frame: H (at left): 28.1 in. (71.4 cm); W (at bottom): 36.4 in. (92.5 cm): D (at bottom left corner): 1.0 in. (2.5 cm).
Publisher Summary
Currier & Ives
Publisher Date
01/01/1862
Place of Publication
152 Nassau Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
Currier & Ives
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Colored stones and hand colored with watercolors