Prairie Fires of 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 1871

MediumHand-colored lithograph on paper

DimensionsComposition: 8 in. × 12 1/2 in. (20.3 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 12 × 15 in. (30.5 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891

Object number1959.65

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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992. (cat. no. 65).

1963
Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institue, Auditorium Gallery. January 13 - February 10, 1963 (no cat.).

Published References HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.65).

Signature Signed in typeset under image at lower left: PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES

Inscribed Entitled in typeset at lower center: PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST.; in typeset under image from lower left to right: PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1871, by Currier & Ives, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 125 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK.; inscribed in pencil at lower left corner: 12; verso: inscribed in pencil at center: [illegible, 3 words, possibly someone's name]; in pencil at lower left: HC 52 OPS.C