The First Lesson

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The First Lesson
The First Lesson
Publisher (American, 1813 - 1888)
Dateunknown
MediumHand-colored lithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 12 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (31.8 × 55.2 cm) Sheet: 18 in. × 23 3/4 in. (45.7 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891, 1959
Object number1959.32
Not on view
DescriptionTerrier teaching her pups how to catch rats. Part of this print forms the composition of "Who's Afraid of You," companion to "Not caught Yet"
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Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 1973
Signature Signed in typeset at lower left: LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER
Inscribed Entitled in typeset at lower center: THE FIRST LESSON.; inscribed in typeset at lower left: LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER,; at lower right: 152 NASSAU ST. COR. OF SPRUCE N.Y.; in pencil at lower left corner: 26; in pencil on verso: HC 174.1
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