Lot 1
Currier and Ives (Publisher)
Lot 1 Details
Currier and Ives (Publisher), American
MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI [C4117]
Handcoloured lithograph After H.D. Manning; signed with an initial M in the plate in the lower left of the image. Published in 1875 in New York.
8.9" x 13.0" (22.5 cm x 33.0 cm)
Estimate $400-$600
Literature:
Frederic A. Conningham, Currier & Ives Prints An Illustrated Checklist New Updated Edition, Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1983
Note:
The Scene shows the steamboats “Memphis” and “James Howard.” Conningham notes that the scene was also used as an advertisement, pg. 180.