PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST by Currier & Ives
FYI: "Train traveling toward viewer’s left- fire ranging in background to left. Difficult living conditions in the crowded Eastern cities encouraged many new immigrants, especially those who were farmers, to pursue their romantic dreams of the West. By 1871, the date of this lithograph, many East Coast residents had headed west, lured by the promise of free land and open space. Here, a train with a tender, a baggage car and seven passenger cars dramatically races away from a prairie fire, common on the Great Plains. A herd of bison, once plentiful in the West, runs from the dangerous fire as well. Currier & Ives published a number of disaster scenes and found that images of fire were especially popular with their customers."
This is a Print from a vintage Art Book. Suitable for framing. The plate/print was taken from a book dated. There may be an image and/or text on the back.
Condition: Very good art print measures 12" x 16" inches included border, beautiful gift and display for home, office and business, sold unframed.
About the Illustrators: Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) were partners in the firm of Currier and Ives, the most important 19th-century lithographic company in America. Their prints were widely sold across the nation. Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Mass., was apprenticed in his teens to a Boston lithographic firm. He established his own lithography business in New York City in 1835. The lithographer James Ives, born in New York City, entered into partnership with Currier in 1857. Currier retired in 1888, Ives a few years later; but the firm was carried on by their sons and flourished until 1907. Lithography had begun in America in the 1820s. It was quicker and less expensive than engraving, hence the remarkable success of the firm of Currier and Ives. Soon after setting up business they produced extensive folios, usually based on paintings. Some of the work was crude, but the quality varied considerably.
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