The Spirit of the Union
Catalogue
- Year
- 1860
- Medium
- hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
- image: 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29.0 x 21.7 cm)
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Currier and Ives
Artist
Printmaking
Currier and Ives was a New York printmaking firm that produced hand-colored lithographs for mass consumption between 1857 and 1907. Working primarily in narrative scenes of American life, landscape, and genre subjects, the partnership created some of the era's most widely distributed popular images, establishing lithography as a primary vehicle for democratic visual culture. The firm's prolific output and accessible pricing made prints affordable to working and middle-class households across the nation. Their work has been exhibited at MoMA in historical surveys of American art.
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Record
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- Currier and Ives
- Year
- 1860
- Medium
- hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
- image: 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29.0 x 21.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1860-075888
Source
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified