Currier and Ives, United States. Lithograph titled "Midnight Race on the Mississippi," depicting a steamboat race between the "Memphis" and the "James Howard" along a moonlight Mississippi River, 1875. With advertising text reading "Given tot he subscribers to the Home Companion. Published by S.L. Thorpe, Cleveland, Ohio."
Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 1: A-N (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 4477, page 453.
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: 10 1/2 in x width: 13 1/2 in. Framed; height: 14 3/4 in x width: 18 1/4 in.
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