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Published by Currier & Ives, New York, 1870
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hand-colored lithograph. Medium folio. This bucolic scene was somewhat south of the Highbridge Aqueduct on the Harlem River, in the 1870's still quite rural and pleasant. Fanny Palmer (1812-1876) was the first woman in the United States to work as a professional artist, and to make a living with her art. She produced more Currier and Ives prints than any other artist, and she was the only female in a business that was dominated by men. Painting was not considered a suitable occupation for a woman, nor was lithography. Her story was not uncommon for Victorian wives, who were expected to keep house and be supported by their husbands. She however pursued a career in England and eventually in America, virtually supporting her family as her husband sank deeper into alcoholism and then supporting it in fact when he fell to his death on a hotel stairway in 1857. This nicely composed scene of what was once the northern shore of Manhattan parallels the Harlem River with a dirt road. There is a rowboat on the river and a couple sits on an old stone dock.
Published by Currier & Ives, New York, 1862
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster
Hand-coloured lithograph. Very good condition apart from a few small tears in the top margin and several light water stains in the margins, one of which slightly extends into the top of the image. Slight discolouration of the paper due to age. A scenic, tranquil landscape in upstate New York with a small glimpse of the Hudson River visible through the foliage between the two rocky outcroppings bordering the dirt road. Frances Flora Bond Palmer, known as Fanny, worked for Nathaniel Currier for over than twenty-five years. She was, according to Gloria Deak, "the foremost woman lithographer of her time" (Picturing America, 647). Born and raised in England by a cultivated family, she was already an accomplished painter and lithographer when she came to America in 1844, at which time she exhibited two works at the National Academy of Design. By 1849, she was working for Currier producing landscapes and still lifes. She lithographed these prints herself usually after her own sketches. Cf. Gale, Currier & Ives: A Catalogue Raisonné (1984), vol. 1, 4611.
Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street, New York, 1862
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Print. A patriotic image produced in the midst of the Civil War. The artist was Fannie Palmer, the renowned female artist at Currier & Ives, whose work is much sought after. To this day, this remains a splendid vista from West Point, looking from Trophy Point up the Hudson River, with cannons in the foreground, with the caption "Brass Mortars, taken in the Mexican War". Across the river is Constitution Island , Cold Spring and the West Point Foundry in the distance. The Hudson is a busy waterway, with a steamboat flying the US flag, full of schooners and other sailing craft. Printed area 15 3/4 x 12 1/2" with ample margins. A bit toned overall, original color later heightened. Conningham 2972.
Published by New York: Currier and Ives, 152 Nassau Street, ca. 1860, 1860
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Unbound. Hand-colored lithograph heightened with gum arabic on wove paper (Image: 18 x 27 3/4 in.; 45.7 x 70.5 cm. Sheet: 23 x 31 3/4 in.; 58.4 x 80.7 cm), showing the steamboats "Natchez" and "Eclipse" in a heated contest. (65B2B) ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING LITHOGRAPHIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE NINETEETH CENTURY. According to the original and extensive "Descriptive Catalogue of Prints" published by Currier and Ives in 1864, this lithograph is "[a] spirited representation of one of those exciting scenes that sometimes occur when rival steamers are running opposition on the river. In the picture before us, are two of these high-pressure boats, apparently closely matched in size coming down the stream 'neck and neck.' The volumes of flame vomited forth from the smoke stacks, and clouds of steam from the escape pipes, as well as the glare of the furnaces on the lower deck, indicate that they are being driven to their utmost speed. From the brilliantly-lighted saloons many of the passengers have come out on deck, in the moonlight, to see the race, and share its excitement." PROVENANCE: Sale, Leslie Hindman, 12 November 2018, lot 5 REFERENCES: Berkoff, Currier & Ives: The New Best 50, no. 2 (large folios); Conningham, Currier & Ives Prints (1983) 4116.