PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST 1952 Nathaniel Currier James Merritt Ives PRINT

Original 1952 Reprint 13 1/2 inch x 8 1/2 inch Colour Print of the 1871 Lithograph titled PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST

Train traveling toward viewer’s left- fire ranging in background to left..

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: “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1871, by Currier & Ives, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington // REPRINTED FROM LITH. BY CURRIER & IVES”

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.