The First Lesson

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The First Lesson
The First Lesson
Publisher (American, 1813 – 1888)
Datebefore 1856
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
Photo by John Bentham.
Wi-Jun-Jon, plate 25 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.127
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Photo by John Bentham.
Wild Horses at Play, plate 3 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.106
Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.297
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Photo by John Bentham.
Ball Play, plate 23 from "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.125
Photograph by John Bentham.
Water Carrier
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1913-1914
Medium: Seravazza and Sicilian marble
Object number: 2005.6.2
Two Rats on a Mussel Netsuke
Two Rats on a Mussel Netsuke
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Carved wood
Object number: 1992.17.2
Photo by John Bentham.
Ball-play Dance, plate 22 from "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.124
Photo by John Bentham.
Ball Players, plate 21 from "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.123
© Elias Sime. Image courtesy of James Cohan Gallery.
Tightrope: Familiar Yet Complex 2
Elias Sime
Date: 2016
Medium: Reclaimed electronic components and insulated wire on panel
Object number: 2017.2
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.88