Description: "CURRIER & IVES" This is a Print from a vintage Art Book. Suitable for framing. The plate/print was taken from a book dated 1953. There may be an image and/or text on the back. Condition: Very good art print measures 12" x 9" inches included border, beautiful gift and display for home, office and business, sold unframed. About the images: Original Published in 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stow, sold three hundred thousand copies within a year. By 1856, over two million copies of the book were distributed, and the volume became the bestselling, novel of the 19th century. Two of the favorite characters among readers were Uncle Tom, a slave, and Little Eva, a white child who Tom rescues from drowning. The book elicited world-wide support and sympathy for African-American slaves and set the stage for discussion that would eventually lead to the Civil War. Taking advantage of the popularity of the book, Currier & Ives produced several prints that featured Tom and Eva. The Bad Man at the Hour of Death About the Illustrators: Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) were partners in the firm of Currier and Ives, the most important 19th-century lithographic company in America. Their prints were widely sold across the nation. Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Mass., was apprenticed in his teens to a Boston lithographic firm. He established his own lithography business in New York City in 1835. The lithographer James Ives, born in New York City, entered into partnership with Currier in 1857. Currier retired in 1888, Ives a few years later; but the firm was carried on by their sons and flourished until 1907. Lithography had begun in America in the 1820s. It was quicker and less expensive than engraving, hence the remarkable success of the firm of Currier and Ives. Soon after setting up business they produced extensive folios, usually based on paintings. Some of the work was crude, but the quality varied considerably. WE ACCEPT MOST OFFERS.ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK! WE COMBINE SHIP. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
Price: 12 USD
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-02T12:55:23.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Artist: Currier & Ives
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Signed: No
Custom Bundle: No
Title: Uncle Tom & Hour of Death
Material: Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Item Length: 9 in
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Licensed Reprint
Subject: Hour of Death, Uncle Tom
Personalize: No
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1953
Item Height: 12 in
Style: Illustration Art
Theme: Domestic & Family Life
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: No
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
