THE FOUR SEASONS OF LIFE MIDDLE-AGED Family in Foyer of House Currier Ives 12x16

Description: "THE FOUR SEASONS OF LIFE : MIDDLE AGE. "Season of Strength" "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of N.Y." - "J.M. Ives, Del. Drawn by F.F. Palmer and J. Cameron" - "Reprinted from Lith. by Currier & Ives" This is a Print from a vintage Art Book. Suitable for framing. The plate/print was taken from a book dated 1953. There may be an image and/or text on the back. Condition: Very good art print measures 12" x 16" inches included border, beautiful gift and display for home, office and business, sold unframed. About the Image: Family in foyer of house; Dad just returning. After Charles R. Parsons American, 1821-1910, and Lyman W. Atwater American, 1835-1891 In the last two prints of the series, both interior scenes, Currier & Ives present images of a successful and happy middle-class family. In Middle Age, a father returns home to his welcoming family. A Currier & Ives print decorates one wall of the home. By producing domestic interior scenes such as these, Currier & Ives helped to direct the proper way of interior decorating. One year after these prints were published, Catharine Esther Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote American Woman’s Home to explain and illustrate the correct way of managing a household. It was believed that appropriate household decorations, including lithographs produced by Currier & Ives, helped fashion a healthy domestic culture and thus fostered positive human character. According to the sisters, “The great value of pictures for the home would be, after all, in their sentiment. They should express the sincere ideas and taste of the household and not the tyrannical dicta of some art critic or neighbor.” About the Illustrators: Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) were partners in the firm of Currier and Ives, the most important 19th-century lithographic company in America. Their prints were widely sold across the nation. Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Mass., was apprenticed in his teens to a Boston lithographic firm. He established his own lithography business in New York City in 1835. The lithographer James Ives, born in New York City, entered into partnership with Currier in 1857. Currier retired in 1888, Ives a few years later; but the firm was carried on by their sons and flourished until 1907. Lithography had begun in America in the 1820s. It was quicker and less expensive than engraving, hence the remarkable success of the firm of Currier and Ives. Soon after setting up business they produced extensive folios, usually based on paintings. Some of the work was crude, but the quality varied considerably. WE ACCEPT MOST OFFERS.ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK! WE COMBINE SHIP. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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Location: Erie, Pennsylvania

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