America On Stone
A selection of nineteenth-century popular lithographs

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Popular American Lithographs

All The following prints are nineteenth-century American lithographs published as decorative art for the general public. They were intended to be hung in the home, work place, or places of leisure such as taverns and clubs. All are in very good condition, except as noted

Genre

"A'int You A Married Man My Dear?" New York: T.W. Strong. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $125
"American Winter Scene." Philadelphia: Joseph Hoover, 1867. 18 1/2 x 26. Original hand color. A few minor blemishes, but overall very good condition. $1,600
"A Sail! A Sail!" No publisher given. Original hand color. Vignette, ca. 12 x 9. Four lines of verse, ending "But nothing can conquer a firm Yankee heart!" Very good condition. $475
"Feeding Rabbits." Hartford: Kellogg & Ensign and New York: Ensign & Thayer. 12 x 8 7/8. Original hand color. Light stain in bottom margin. Otherwise, very good condition. $225
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"The First Ride." No publisher given. 11 7/8 x 7 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $135
"Look At Papa." New York: J. Baillie and New Bedford: J. Sowle. 12 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Light water stain at bottom. Otherwise, very good condition. $130
Morning Prayer. 'God Bless Pa Pa.'" Philadelphia: William Smith. Vignette, ca. 12 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $75
"Our Pet in Danger." New York: T.W. Strong. 8 x 11 1/4. Original hand color. Some marginal blemishes. Overall, very good condition. $150
"Single." New York:Sarony & Major. 11 7/8 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Narrow margins, top and sides. OTherwise, very good condition. $175
"The Sisters." New York: James Baillie, 1845. 11 7/8 x 8 5/8. Original hand color. Short repaired tear in title area and other very minor marginal blemishes. Overall, very good condition. $125
Soldier's Adieu." New York:" J. Baillie. 11 1/4 x 8 5/8. Original hand color. Trimmed to image at top and narrow margins else. Otherwise, very good condition. $100
"The Soldier's Return." New York: J. Baillie. 12 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. $150
"Wait your turn." No publisher given. Ca. 11 1/4 x 10. Original hand color. Very good condition. $135
“Winter Scene in The Country.” Philadelphia: Joseph Hoover, 1868. 18 x 25 1/2. Lithographed by P.M. Duall, Son & Co. Original hand color. Very good condition. $1,800
"The Young Chief." No date nor publisher. Vignette, ca. 12 x 9. Original hand color. The quality and coloring are like those of a Currier & Ives print, but this title is unlisted in standard sources. $135

Portraits & Names

Portraits of Individuals:

"L. Kossuth." New York: T.W. Strong. Vignette, ca. 12 3/4 x 9. Original hand color. Very good condition. $250
"Rev. Father Mathew. The Apostle of Temperance." New York: T.W. Strong. 11 1/2 x 8 3/4. Original hand color. Paper toned and a couple repaired tears. Otherwise, very good condition. $125
"Major General Winfield Scott." New York: T.W. Strong. Vignette, ca. 12 x 9. Original hand color. Very good condition. $325
"Franz Sigel. Maj. Genl. U.S.A." Cincinnati: Ehrgott & Forbriger, ca. 1862. Vignette, ca. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2. Very good condition. $275
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"Diana Vernon." Philadelphia: ThomasInlaidr. Vignette, ca. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $175

Generic Portraits:

"The Pride of The West." Drawn by N. Sarony. New York: Sarony & Major. 12 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $175
"The Sailors Wife." New York: J. Baillie, 1847. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $175

Names:

"Abigail." New York: N. Currier. 12 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $150
"Ann." New York: N. Currier. 11 3/4 x 8 1/8. Original hand color. Very good condition. $150
"Little Charles." Boston: Haskell & Allen. Vignette, ca. 12 x 8 3/4. Some surface war, but generally good appearance. Subscriber bonus print for The Home, published in Cleveland, Ohio. $75
"Little Daisy.". No publisher given. Vignette, ca. 12 1/4 x 10 1/2. Original hand color. Subscriber bonus print for Young Folks Gem, published in Wadsworth, Ohio. $125
"Eliza." New York: J. Baillie. 11 1/2 x 8. Original hand color. Very good condition. $150
"Little Emma." Boston: Haskell & Allen. Vignette, ca. 13 x 10. Some light blue tinting. Subscriber bonus print for The Home, published in Cleveland, Ohio. $110
"Fannie." New York: Currier & Ives. Vignette, ca. 12 3/4 x 9 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $150
"Fanny." New York: N. Currier. Vignette, ca. 10 1/2 x 9. Original hand color. Very good condition. $115
"Isabelle." Hartford: Kellogg & Comstock and Buffalo: Ensign & Thayer. 11 7/8 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Top right corner of margin replaced. Otherwise, very good condition. $150
"Julia." New York: Currier & Ives. 13 1/2 x 8 3/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $150
"Margaret." Philadelphia: R. Magee. 11 7/8 x 8 3/4. Original hand color. $150
"Mary Ann." Hartford: E.B. & E.C. Kellogg and New York: Kelloggs & Thayer and Buffalo: D. Needham. 11 3/4 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. Stock number 172. $150
"Sarah." New York: Currier & Ives. Vignette, ca. 10 1/2 x 9. Original hand color. Repaired marginal tears and minor surface wear. Attractive appearance. $125
"Susan." New York: T.W. Strong. 11 5/8 x 8 3/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $125

Scenes & Views

"Autumn." Boston: Haskell & Allen. 7 7/8 x 12 1/2. Original hand color. Some spotting to image. $175
Coming From The Trot." Boston: Haskell & Allen, 1873. 18 7/8 x 24 3/4. Original hand color. $1,400
"The Farmers Home, Winter." New York: Thomas Kelly. 8 1/4 x 12. Original hand color. $650
"Forest Scene Summer." Chicago: G.F. Cram. 7 7/8 x 12 1/4. Original hand color. $175
"Trotting Cracks of Philadelphia Returning from The Race at Point Breeze Park, having a brush past Turner's Hotel, Rope Ferry Road, Philadelphia, 1870." Philadelphia: H. Pharazyn, 1870. 16 1/2 x 27 1/2. Original hand color. Marginal tears and some chips; one tear and small hole in title area. All expertly conserved. Overall, very good condition and appearance. In period frame. $3,600
"Winter." Boston: Haskell & Allen. 7 7/8 x 12 1/2. Some faint, original hand color. Some wear to imprint. Otherwise, very good. $250

Sporting

"American Trappers." Boston: Haskell & Allen. 8 x 12 3/4. Original hand color. $550
"Nettie." No publisher given. 9 1/4 x 13. Original hand color. Margins somewhat uneven. $250
"Woodcock Shooting." No publisher given. 8 x 12 7/8. Original hand color. Trimmed to image at sides. Title remounted in lower margin. Still, good image. $140

Marine

"Midnight Race on the Mississippi." Boston: Haskell & Allen. 8 3/8 x 13. Original hand color. Narrow margins. Very good condition. $750

Religious

"Reading The Scriptures." New York: J. Baillie. 8 x 12 1/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $175
"The Deluge." New York: Sarony & Major. 8 1/4 x 12 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $285
"The Expulsion From Paradise." New York: J. Baillie. 8 x 12 1/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $225

Disasters

"Awful Conflagration of The Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound." No publisher given, 1840. 6 1/2 x 11 1/2. Close margins, but complete. $575
"Terrible Conflagration and Destruction of The Steam-Boat 'New-Jersey,' on The River Delaware, opposite Philadelphia, on The Night of Saturday, March 15th, 1856, between 8 and 9 o'clock, by which Dreadful Calamity Sixty-One lives were lost." Philadelphia: A. Pharazin, 1856. 7 5/8 x 12 3/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $650

Miscellaneous:

"Inconvenience of Wearing Coffee Bag Skirts." No publisher given, but same print as one issued by J. Baillie in 1848. 12 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. Cover illustration of Imprint, Volume 14; Number 2. $275
"The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony." Boston: Joseph Ward. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4. Original hand color. Very good condition. $185
"Attack of The Lion." No publisher given. 11 5/8 x 8 1/2. Original hand color. Very good condition. $95
"In Memory Of." New York: J. Baillie. 12 1/2 x 8 3/4. Filled in with manuscript for Stephen F. Poor, Died July 31, 1829. Very good condition. $110

Lithographic Stones:

These stones are fascinating for the print or ephemera aficionado. Limestone blocks polished flat and smooth on one or two sides, each with several images or text blocks from which prints would have been made.

Lithographic stone #1 With chip at one corner. $85
Lithographic stone #2 $175
Lithographic stone #3 Printing surface on one side only. $175

Reference Books:

Marshall R. Berkoff. Currier & Ives - The New Best 50. Milwaukee, 1991. Cloth. Color illustrations of 100 prints-- the large and small Best 50 selections by a jury. With an essay "Comparison of the Original and New Best 50 Currier & Ives" by Christopher W. Lane. $30.00
Alexandra Bonfante-Warren. Currier & Ives: Portraits of a Nation. New York, 1998. Cloth. A very nice new general reference book on Currier & Ives. With a good general history of the firm and discussion of all the types of prints they issued, combined with over 100 color illustrations, this is a good book for anyone just getting interested in prints by "Americas Printmakers." $19.95
Gale Research. Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonné. Two Volumes, slipcased. Detroit, 1984. Cloth. The most comprehensive and scholarly listing of known Currier & Ives prints. Essential for the serious collector. $250.00
Christopher W. Lane with D.H. Cresswell & C. Cades. A Guide To Collecting Currier & Ives. Philadelphia, 2001. Paper. A basic guide which discusses the nature of Currier and Ives prints and the issues involved in collecting them. $8.00
Bryan F. Le Beau. Currier & Ives: America Imagined. Washington, 2001. Cloth. A fascinating cultural history of the hugely prolific and influential print publishers whose images both reflected and influenced the country’s view of itself. $29.95
Harry T. Peters. America On Stone. Reprint edition, 1976. Cloth. The classic work on the topic of American popular lithographs and the inspiration for this section of our web site. The only general reference on this subject. $225
Sally Pierce with Catharina Slautterback and Georgia B. Barnhill. Early American Lithography. Images to 1830. Boston, 1997. Paper. A scholarly catalogue co-produced by the Boston Athenaeum and the American Antiquarian Society, surveying the formative period of American lithography. $24.00