This Currier and Ives lithograph, Deer Shooting on the Shattagee is a famous and popular hunting print. Shown here are two backwoods men hunting deer in winter along the Shattagee River. The scene depicts the clothing and hairstyles of a hunter in 1855. In the early to mid 1800’s, hunting and fishing were necessities of […]
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Currier and Ives Lithograph – American Railroad Scene – Snow Bound
This Currier and Ives lithograph called, American Railroad Scene – Snow Bound, shows passengers and crew trying to dig out a snowbound train in the 1800s. As with many Currier & Ives lithographs, they conveyed in art, various aspects of American life of the 1800s. They particularly showed the dramatic side of national events as […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – A Spill Out on the Snow
This very funny Currier and Ives lithograph called A Spill Out on the Snow shows that even in the 1800s, there were traffic jams. These lively sleighing country neighbors are taking the turn just a little too quickly, causing the “spill out” on the snow. This lithograph, A Spill Out on the Snow is also […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – Winter in the Country, Getting Ice
This Currier and Ives lithograph, called Winter in the Country, Getting Ice, is one of the American Country Scenes showing the American farm life throughout the seasons. It shows men cutting ice on a frozen lake while the horse and sleigh wait patiently to haul the ice home. During the 1880s, a typical farm as […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – The Farmer’s Home Harvest
This Currier and Ives lithograph called The Farmer’s Home Harvest shows the farmer’s harvest on a beautiful autumn day with men gathering hay in the field and loading it onto an ox drawn cart. In the background one can see the farmer’s home and some family members, a river and mountains with a horse and […]
History of Currier and Ives
Vintage American would not be complete without a representation of the Currier and Ives lithography. Most of us have some memory of a Currier and Ives print hanging in our parents or grandparents homes, or in a favorite antique shop. These prints convey the spirit of American expansion, technical development, pastoral and city living during […]