PUZZLED FOX 1952 Nathaniel Currier - James Merritt Ives PRINT

Original 1952 Reprint 13 1/2 inch x 8 1/2 inch Colour Print of the 1872 Lithograph titled THE PUZZLED FOX

Fox to right of centre ready to climb tree; face of person above fox’s paw. Animals receding into image. Deer snuggling up against base of tree in lower left corner. This work contains a fox, horse, lamb, wild boar and faces of men and women disguised throughout the landscape. The work is one of only a few Currier & Ives prints that show the now-extinct passenger pigeon

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 1872, 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.