Pratt, AnneAntiquariat.de
Palmer, Frances Flora Bond, artistBiblio.com
Wooding Up on the Mississippi
186357141New York: Currier & Ives 1863. Hand-colored lithograph approx. 30¼" x 22" by sight; fine example with strong coloring; attractively matted and in a curly maple frame. Currier & Ives New Best Fifty no. 23; Reilly Currier & Ives A Catalogue Raisonné Detroit 1984 pp. 737 758; no. 7326. Provenance: from the collection of the Minnesota railroad tycoon James J. Hill Saint Paul Minnesota. One of Currier & Ives most famous and dramatic images depicting the steamboat Princess as firewood is loaded onto the ship to power its steam engines. The artist Frances Flora Bond Palmer 1812-1876 often referred to as Fanny Palmer was an English artist who became successful in the United States as a lithographer for Currier and Ives between 1849-1868. She is credited with producing around two hundred lithographs for them during this time. Currier & Ives unknown
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