Currier & Ives Original 1857 by Fanny Palmer Hudson Highlands 22 x 16 image Rare
$ 237.6
Description
Currier & Ives Original 1857 by Fanny Palmer Hudson Highlands 22 x 16 image Rare. This is a large, original 1857 hand-colored, lithograph from Currier & Ives. There are a few flecks of missing paper on the image (see photos). The paper has yellowed, though the colors are still strong. Full Title: The Hudson Highlands, from the Peekskill and Cold Spring Road near Garrison's Landing This is a large, original 1857 hand-colored, lithograph from Currier & Ives. The image area measures approx 22in x 16in. The measurement with the border area is approx 28in x 21in. The lithograph paper has somehow fused onto the backing board permanently. The lithograph has some condition issues, including a small impact area at the upper left border, which extended a bit onto the image area. There are a few flecks of missing paper on the image (see photos). The paper has yellowed, though the colors are still strong. In this picturesque New York scene, cows rest in the foreground and a road leads downhill past a white house with a porch. Beyond, across a rural valley dotted with houses and trees, are views of the Hudson Highlands, the Hudson River (in the central background), and distant mountains. Nathaniel Currier, who established a successful New York-based lithography firm in 1835, produced thousands of hand-colored prints in various sizes that together create a vivid panorama of mid-to-late nineteenth century American life. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), the brother-in-law of Nathaniel's younger brother Charles. People eagerly acquired Currier & Ives lithographs, such as those featuring spectacular American landscapes like this one, or rural and city views, hunting and fishing scenes, domestic life and numerous other subjects, as an inexpensive way to decorate their homes or business establishments. Although it was unusual for a woman to achieve such prominence in a printing firm, Frances Flora (Fanny) Palmer was one of the most important artists working for Nathaniel Currier, and later Currier and Ives, between 1849 and 1868, when she produced approximately 200 of the firm's best landscapes and most engaging scenes of daily life. Note: F. PALMR, DEL = Del. or Delt. Abbreviation of "Delineavit". Definition: "He Drew It". Used after the artist's name on a print to show that it was a drawing and not a painting from which the engraver worked.
