The Great West

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Publisher Currier & Ives (American, 1857 - 1907)

Publisher Nathanial Currier (American, 1813 - 1888)

Publisher James Merritt Ives (American, 1824 - 1895)

Datepublished 1870

MediumHand-colored lithograph

DimensionsComposition: 7 7/8 × 12 7/16 in. (20 × 31.6 cm) Sheet: 12 7/8 × 16 in. (32.7 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891

Object number1959.35

Not on view

DescriptionRailroad scene with landscape with mountains in background and locomotive in foreground.

Collections

American Art

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988. (no cat.).

Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.

Markings None noted.

Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 2658

Signature Not signed.

Inscribed "PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES" at lower left in typeset in black ink; "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1870, BY CURRIER & IVES IN THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK" at lower center in typeset in black ink; "152 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK" at lower right in typeset in black ink; "THE GREAT WEST." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "13" at lower left in pencil; "16" on verso at upper right in pencil; "OPS-C" on verso at lower left in pencil.