CLIPPER SHIP “NIGHTINGALE” 1952 James Edward Buttersworth PRINT

Original 1952 Reprint 13 1/2 inch x 8 1/2 inch Colour Print of the 1854 Lithograph titled CLIPPER SHIP “NIGHTINGALE”

A port broadside view of the clipper ‘Nightingale’ sailing in the vicinity of a port..

Engraved by Charles Parsons (1821 - 1910). An American artist and lithographer who, after being apprenticed to George Endicott, worked for Nathaniel Currier, later Currier & Ives. He became head of the art department of Harper’s publishing firm in 1863.

After James Edward Buttersworth (1817 - 1894). An English painter who specialized in maritime art and is considered among the foremost ship portraitists in the United States of the nineteenth century. His paintings are particularly known for their meticulous detail, dramatic settings, and grace in movement.

Originally produced in 1869 by Currier and Ives. The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company at home.

Inscription under the image: “REPRINTED FROM LITH. N. CURRIER // Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1854, by N. Currier, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N. Y.”

Published by Bonanza Books, New York

Plate size 15 3/8 inch x 11 5/8 inch

Reverse side blank

The print is in very good condition.