Currier and Ives, United States. Color lithograph titled "A Midnight Race on the Mississippi," depicting two steamboats, the "Natchez" and the "Eclipse," racing along the Mississippi River by moonlight, 1890.
Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 1: A-N (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 4478, page 458.
Provenance: Distinguished Corporate Collection, Ohio.
Currier and Ives was founded by Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888) in 1835 as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," but changed its name with the addition of James Merritt Ives (American, 1824-1895) in 1857. The company created over 7000 popular lithographs depicting American life until 1907.Sight; height: 20 in x width: 29 in. Framed; height: 28 in x width: 37 in.
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