Currier, Nathaniel "Stella and Alice Grey. Lantern and Whalebone. 'Passing the stand'"

Nathaniel Currier. "Stella and Alice Grey. Lantern and Whalebone. 'Passing the stand.'" 

New York: N. Currier, 1855. Large folio. 17 1/4 x 27 3/4. Lithograph. Original hand color. Old tears and marginal wear; expertly conserved. Overall appearance and condition, very good. C:5811.

From 1834 to 1907 the firm of Currier & Ives provided for the American people a pictorial history of their country's growth from an agricultural society to an industrialized one. For nearly three quarters of a century the firm provided "Colored Engravings for the People" and in the process became the visual raconteurs of nineteenth-century America. Some of the finest artists of the day were engaged by the firm to produce a variety of prints, including images of newsworthy events and prints depicting every subject relating to American life: sports, games, home life, religion, entertainment, views of cities, and so forth. Charming and colorful, these are wonderful examples of the work of "America's printmakers."