Ready for the Trot Bring up Your Horses
1877 · color lithograph on paper
image: 17 7/8 x 27 in. (45.3 x 68.5 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Louis Maurer
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WA-00045093
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11
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22
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6
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- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Source Registry (1)
- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional95%
About
Why this artist matters now
Louis Maurer was a German-born American lithographer, and the father of the American painter Alfred Henry Maurer. He was the last surviving artist known to have been employed by Currier and Ives. Prior to his death, Maurer was extensively interviewed about the firm by collector and connoisseur Harry T. Peters for his book Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
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National Portrait Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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