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Period: Mid-19th Century
The Capitol - Original Lithographs and Watercolors - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Capitol is a beautiful lot of two hand-watercolored lithographs realized by an Italian artist of the XIX century and later watercolored. It represents ...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
North Atlantic Right Whale - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
By Paul Gervais
Located in Roma, IT
North Atlantic Right Whale is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les T...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
De que Sirvé una Taza? - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Di que sirvé una taza? is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810.
Original Etching on paper.
The artwork belongs to the famous series "Lo...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Chbysochlore - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
By Paul Gervais
Located in Roma, IT
Chbysochlore is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publis...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kabukie - Woodcut by Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Kabukie is an original artwork realized in the 1861 by Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki.
Woodcut Print.
The actor Onoe Tomizo as Ishii Genzo and Jitsugawa Ensaburo as Isshi Hyosuke in the 9th a...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of the Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro and Curtain by Kunichika Toyohara-1864
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro and curtain is an original artwork realized in 1864 by Toyohara Kunichika (30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900)
Oban.
Bust portrait of the actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro in front of the brown theatre curtain with advertisement for the theatre performances.
Signed: Kunichika ga.
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke. Censored by Aratame.
Excellent impression with blind printing and very fine visible vertical wood grain in the brown curtain and haori, glossy black print (collar), a little bit creased.
Toyohara Kunichika (30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ouistiti - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
By Paul Gervais
Located in Roma, IT
Ouistiti is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published ...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Portrait of the Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro - Woodcut by Toyohara Kunichia - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro is an original artwork realized in 1863 by Toyohara Kunichika (30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900)
Oban.
From the series "Karu asobi hana no senzei", The pleasures of summer in a consecated area. Breast Portrait of the actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro in yukata at night, behind in the darkness houses.
Signed: Kunichika ga.
Publisher: Izutsuya. Censored by Aratame. Wood engraver: Horicho.
Excellent impression with blind printing and glossy black printing and Kirazuri mica at upper black margin, a little bit creased.
Toyohara Kunichika (30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Der Wollmarkt mit der Andreaskirche - Original Etching by C.L. Frommel
By Carl Ludwig Frommel
Located in Roma, IT
Der Wollmarkt mit der Andreaskirche is a beautiful watercolored lithograph on paper, realized at the middle XIX century by the German landscapist artist, Carl Ludwig Frommel (Birkenf...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
III Line Regiment - Lithograph by Antonio Zezon - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
III Line Regiment is a lithograph by Antonio Zezon. Naples 1853.
Interesting colored lithograph which describes some members of the Line Regiment in different estates.
In excellent...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Les Magasins de la Ville de Paris - Original Lithograph on Paper - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
Les Magasins de la ville de Paris is original vintage lithograph realized by Edouard De Beumont (1821-1889), in 1843.
Not -Signed on the lower right margin. IMP. D'Aubert & C., Chez...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Actualités, Old Angle - Original Lithograph by Cham - 1865
Located in Roma, IT
Actualités, Old Angle is an amusing satirical illustration by the French illustrator and caricaturist, Cham (alias Count Amédée de Noé, 1818-1879) realized in 1865.
Beautiful Hand-c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
G. Paterson "Dinner Party at a Mandarin
s House" Engraving After T. Allom c.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
G. Paterson "Dinner Party at a Mandarin's House" Original Engraving After T. Allom C.1840
Original engraving
Dimensions 8" wide x 5" high
The frame measures 20.5" wide x 18.5" hig...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Rare Seaweed "Nature Prints" by Henry Bradbury
Located in London, GB
A beautifully framed set of twelve rare "nature prints" produced in 1856 by Henry Bradbury.
Henry Bradbury (1829-1860) is known for the innovative technique of “nature printing”, a...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
"The Urchin (Le Gamin) -Second and Final State, " Etching signed by Edouard Manet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Urchin (Le Gamin)" is an original etching by Edouard Manet. It depicts a young boy holding a basket with his long-haired dog. This is the second and fina...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Lola De Valence
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Lola De Valence
Etching, 1862
Signed in the plate lower left: “Ed Manet”
Printed on chine collee paper, without watermark
From the first edition, published by Cadart and Luquet, Paris, before the removal of the inscription “ Ed. Manet sculpt”
From the 1863 edition, before the 1874 Portfolio, 1890 Portolio. 1894 Dumont edition and the Strolin edition of 100 in 1905
Pencil inscription with title below the plate in the lower margin
Conditiono: Excellent
Image size: 10 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches
Plate size: 18 3/4 x 13 inches
Reference: Harris-Manet 33 iii/III
Guerin-Manet 23 vi/VIII
The painting that this etching is inspired by is in the collection of the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
"Lola de Valence is a painting by the painter Édouard Manet in 1862 . The canvas represents a dancer dressed intraditional Spanish clothes...
Category
Impressionist Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Rural Sports are Better - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1817
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe.
Very good condition.
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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As the First Step in Folly
s Wanton Waste - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1817
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe.
Very good condition.
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Victim of the Betting Post - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1817
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe.
Very good condition.
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Indigenous People, North America, mid 19th century lithograph.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Fisom degli abiti dell' America Nord-oe / Uomo donna dell' Isola Nootka' / 'Nipissonghi / Ottovaeri'
Italian lithograph, c1841. Originally from 'Galleria universale di tutti i popo...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Croquis d’Été - Lithograph by Honoré Daumier - 1858
Located in Roma, IT
Plate n. 16 from the suites of caricatures on political themes topic “ Croquis d’Été ”.
Realized by Honoré Daumier (France, 1808-1879), printed by Destouches, and published by th...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Une Plaisanterie dont ne se lasse Jamais.. - Lithograph by Honoré Daumier - 1858
Located in Roma, IT
Plate n. 4 from the suites of caricatures on political themes topic “Croquis d’Été ”.
Realized by Honoré Daumier (France, 1808-1879), printed by Destouches, and published by the M...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
N
Allant aux Bains Froids... - Lithograph by Honoré Daumier - 1858
Located in Roma, IT
Plate n. 8 from the suites of caricatures on political themes topic “ Croquis d’Été ”.
Realized by Honoré Daumier (France, 1808-1879), printed by Destouches, and published by the ...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
L
ACTEUR . . . . - On voit bien qu
il fait chaud . . . . . . . trois spectateurs
Located in Fairlawn, OH
L'ACTEUR . . . . - On voit bien qu'il fait chaud . . . . . . . trois spectateurs dans la salle ..... faut-il commencer ? . . . .
LE DIRECTEUR .- Et encore un des trois est le vendeu...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lovers of Okazaki
Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock Print by Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando' Hioshige and his school. Shunga imagery became especially widespread in Japan with the...
Category
Edo Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bijin-ga Woman Kneeling by River Japanese Print
By Kuniyasu
Located in Houston, TX
Japanese woodblock print of a woman kneeling by the river. She is holding a stick making it appear like she is fishing with it. The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The print is not framed.
Artist Biography: Utagawa Kuniyasu...
Category
Edo Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Campement en Valachie - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1840s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph, c. 1840s.
Signed in the plate.
Image dimension: 17x27.5 cm.
A finely detailed lithograph by Auguste Raffet, representing a bustling encampment in Wallachia. In the cen...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Study of Soldiers - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1857
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on cream wove paper, signed and dated in the stone by August Raffet (“Raffet / Paris, 12 Oct. 1857”).
This work is a preparatory study showing French soldiers in detailed...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Les Gens de Justice - Lithograph by Honoré Daumier - 1845
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice".
Monogrammed in the plate.
Very good condition.
Ref. Delteil 1358
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Page from "Spring View in Takanawa" Mid 18th Century Ukiyo-e Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Page from "Spring View in Takanawa" Mid 18th Century Ukiyo-e Print
Left page from the triptych print "Spring View in Takanawa" by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese b. 1786 d...
Category
Edo Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer s Ink, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
"The Early Ploughman"
Located in Astoria, NY
Samuel Palmer (English, 1805-1881), "The Early Ploughman", Etching on Laid Paper, 1861, titled and inscribed "From Keppel Estate" to the verso, unframed. Image: 5" H x 7.75" W; sheet...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Le Lutrin - Etching by Léon August Lhermitte - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: L. Lhermitte
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortiste...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
L
Affliction - Etching by François Chifflart - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper.
Signed in the plate; publisher’s credit to Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, Paris.
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes in the lower margin
A som...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Ville et la Campagne - Etching by Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart - 1865 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: J. F. Jacquemart
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafort...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Travail - Etching by Armand Gautier - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: Armand Gautier
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortis...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dans Les Pyrénées - Etching by Augustin André Lançon - 1865 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: A. Lançon
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes, ...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
À Chelsea près Londres - Etching by William Ridley - 1865 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: W. Ridley
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes, ...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Hiver - Etching by Félix Bracquemond - 1865 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Sheet size: approx. 65 × 50 cm
Signed in plate lower left: F. Bracquemond
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blinds...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Un Marché Italien - Etching - 1865 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: STOP
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes, lower...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Tan Barbara la Seguridad Como el Delito - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1867
Located in Roma, IT
The custody is as barbarous as the crime (Tan barbara la seguridad como el delito) is an artwork realied by Francisco Goya y Lucientes, 1867.
Paris: Delâtre, 1867.
Etching and burin.
cm. 10.5x8.4.Sheet 21x16.2.
Excellent proof of III state and first edition after the appearance of the letter and the bevel of the plate, published in the Gazette des Beau-Arts, vol. XXII, p. 196.
Ref. Harris 26
Intact sheet with wide margins. Slight exposure yellowing around image.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, March 30, 1746 - Bordeaux, April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and engraver. Considered the pioneer of modern art, he was one of the greatest Spanish painters who lived between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His paintings, drawings and etchings of him reflected the ongoing historical upheavals and influenced the most important contemporary and following century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the old masters and the first of the moderns. Born into a middle-class family in 1746 in Aragon, he was a pupil of painting from the age of 14 to José Luzán y Martínez, later moving to Madrid to study with Anton Raphael Mengs. In 1786 he became court painter to the Spanish crown and this first part of his career was characterized by numerous portraits of members of the Spanish aristocracy and royal family, as well as by the production of rococo tapestries for the royal palace.
In 1793 he suffered from an undiagnosed serious illness which left him deaf, after which his work became progressively darker and more pessimistic. His subsequent paintings seem to reflect a bleak vision of existence, which contrasts with his resounding social ascent: in 1799, in fact, he became Primer Pintor de Cámara (First Court Painter), the highest rank for a Spanish court painter . In late 1799, commissioned by Godoy, he completed his Maja desnuda, a remarkably bold nude for the time and clearly inspired by the style of Diego Velázquez. In the early 19th century he painted The Family of Charles IV, again influenced by Velázquez. In 1807, Napoleon led the Grand Army in the Peninsular War against Spain. During the conflict Goya remained in Madrid and, although he never expressed his thoughts in public, it seems that these facts affected him deeply, as can be seen from some of his works such as The Disasters of War, The 2nd of May 1808, The 3rd May 1808. Other works of his maturity include a wide variety of paintings concerning madness, asylums, witches, fantastic creatures, and religious and political corruption, which suggest that he feared for his mental and physical health. His later period culminates with the Black Paintings of 1819-1823, made in the Quinta del Sordo, his home on the outskirts of Madrid where he lived, disillusioned by political and social developments in Spain, in a situation of almost isolation. Finally, in 1824, Goya decided to abandon Spain to retire to the French city of Bordeaux...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius
Located in Middletown, NY
London: c1850.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, full margins. 12 1/2 x 16 inches (317 x 407 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with a small edge loss at the lower-rig...
Category
English School Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Watercolor
Courtesan and Young Man at Fuchu
Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando' Hioshige and his school. Shunga imagery became especially widespread in Japan with the...
Category
Edo Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
19th century color lithograph figures cemetery willow tree memorial headstone
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present hand-colored lithograph was produced as part of the funeral and mourning culture in the United States during the 19th century. Images like this were popular as ways of remembering loved ones, an alternative to portraiture of the deceased. This lithograph shows a man, woman and child in morning clothes next to an urn-topped stone monument. Behind are additional putto-topped headstones beneath weeping willows, with a steepled church beyond. The monument contains a space where a family could inscribe the name and death dates of a deceased loved one. In this case, it has been inscribed to a young Civil War soldier:
William W. Peabody
Died at Fairfax Seminary, VA
December 18th, 1864
Aged 18 years
The young Mr. Peabody probably died in service for the Union during the American Civil War. Farifax Seminary was a Union hospital and military headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The hospital served nearly two thousand soldiers during the war time. Five hundred were also buried on the Seminary's grounds.
13.75 x 9.5 inches, artwork
23 x 19 inches, frame
Published before 1864
Inscribed bottom center "Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier. 2 Spruce St. N.Y."
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and TruVue Conservation Clear glass, housed in a gold gilded moulding.
Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton.
A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America.
Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper.
In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business.
The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’
Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier.
Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published.
The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years.
In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death.
The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day.
Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives.
In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss.
Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife.
Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends.
Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production.
Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes.
Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier).
Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907.
Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey.
In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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Uses and Customs - Women
s Head - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Women's Head is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the gov...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Roveroto in Tyrol - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Roveroto in Tyrol is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of th...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
WO RO SI IA ZIN Russian Soldier with His Family
Located in Fairlawn, OH
WO RO SI IA ZIN Russian Soldier with His Family
Color woodcut, 1861 2nd month
Signed upper left (see photo)
Titled upper right in black cartouche (see photo)
Format: oban
Style: Yokohama-e
Publisherr: Sagamiya Tokichi (Marks #435) active 1955-1866
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, has an impression of this image
RARE
Condition: with usual aging
Image size: 13 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches
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Woodcut
Tambour du 1er Régiment de la Légion... - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1830s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on wove paper, realized between 1835 and 1845.
Signed in the plate.
Sheet shows scattered foxing, especially in the margins; image area clean with excellent tonal contra...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Uses and Customs - Republic of Cisalpina - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Republic of Cisalpina is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History o...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Uses and Customs - Bavarian - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Bavarian is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the governm...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Uses and Customs - Man From Mountain - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Man From Mountain is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of th...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Murat - Etching by Emile Giroua - 1837
Located in Roma, IT
Murat is an original Etching realized by Emile Giroua in 1837.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition. the artwork and belongs to the suite suite "...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Uses and Customs - The Carnival of Venice - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - the Carnival of Venice is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History ...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Timidité - Lithograph by Gérard Séguin - mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper.
Signed in the plte.
A delicate and rare lithograph by Gérard Séguin, showcasing his refined neoclassical style and allegorical sensibility. The composition, fr...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Gamin - Etching by Edouard Manet - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on chine collée on firm white paper.
Image dimension (chine collée) 28.7x22.7; Sheet size 50.4x32.6.
Not signed, as issued.
Lower inscribed and titled in typographic sc...
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Impressionist Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Vein Diseases - Lithograph By Ottavio Muzzi - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
Vein Diseases is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal, Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, 1843.
The work belongs to the Atlante gen...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Cloister of Saint Martin in Naples - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Cloister of Saint Martin in Naples is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Royal Villa of Naples - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Royal Villa of Naples is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History o...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
French Costumes at the Time of Louis XII - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
French costumes at the time of Louis XIII is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844.
Hand colored.
Good condition.
At the center of the artwork is the original title "Costumi...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Costumes of the Court of England in the... - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Costumes of the Court of England in the 15th century is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844.
Hand colored.
Good condition.
At the center of the artwork is the original tit...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
French Costumes at the Time of Henry IV - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
French costumes at the time of Henry IV is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844.
Hand colored.
Good condition.
At the center of the artwork is the original title "Costumi f...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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