Description: The book starts with a good concise history of the firm and it's founders, as well as, a brief description of the lithography process itself. Next, brief biographies are included of the principle artists (when the book was first published the author had actually known some of them in their later years.) Then there is a section of brief descriptions of the prints on the included plates indexed by number. There are 192 plates; each containing between one and four reduced sized reproductions of the original prints. Approximately one in five plates are reproduced in the rich, full color of the originals. The subject matter included in this selection is very representative of the firm's output and includes: landscape views, political cartoons and banners, portraits, historical prints, moral and religious prints, prints for children, country and pioneer home scenes, humor, sheet music, Mississippi river prints, railroad prints, horse prints, sporting events, and ship prints. Yet even this is only a small sampling of Currier and Ive's output since they claimed to have produced on average three new prints a week for over fifty years. Unfortunately the company itself did not maintain the most complete record of its own production- unknown prints still turn up to this day.Hardcover: 192 pagesPublisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.; 1st edition (1942)Language: EnglishASIN: B002J08JVQ Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
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Special Attributes: Illustrated
Subject: Americana
Topic: 19th Century Prints
Year Printed: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Origin: American
Language: English
Author: Harry T. Peters
Publisher: Doubleday
Type: Book
