WINTER IN THE COUNTRY 1952 George Henry Durrie - Nathaniel Currier PRINT

Original 1952 Reprint 13 1/2 inch x 8 1/2 inch Colour Print of the 1864 Lithograph titled WINTER IN THE COUNTRY - THE OLD GRIST MILL

Winter scene of mill in the midst of trees with other farm buildings, a man with horse and cart and cattle..

After George Henry Durrie (1820 - 1863). An American artist whose rural winter scenes became popular when reproduced as lithographic prints by Currier and Ives.
Around 1850, he began painting genre scenes of rural life, as well as the winter landscapes that became popular when Currier and Ives published them as lithographs. Four prints were published between 1860 and the artist's death in New Haven in 1863; six additional prints were issued posthumously.

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: “PAINTED BY G.B. DURRIE. // Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York // Reprinted from LITH. BY CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.”

Published by Bonanza Books, New York

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

Printed text on the reverse

The print is in very good condition.