Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 14

Currier & Ives
19th C. Currier & Ives lithograph "Celebrated Trotting Team Edward & Swiveller"

1882

About the Item

This is an original 19th century Currier and Ives hand-colored lithograph entitled "The Celebrated Trotting Team Edward and Swiveller, Owned by Frank Work Esq. N.Y.: Winning their match for $1,000, against time 2:20 to Wagon, driven by John Murphy. At the gentlemen's driving park, Morrisania, N.Y. July 8th, 1882", by Scott (Nicholas Winfield) Leighton (1849-1898), published in New York in 1882. It depicts a record holding trotting (harness racing) team of two horses and a driver. The lithograph is signed by the artist in the plate in the lower right. This rare Currier and Ives colored lithograph is presented in a medium brown wood frame with a gold-colored inner trim and a cream-colored mat. The frame measures 30.25" wide by 41.25" high by 1.5" deep. There a few areas of linear white discoloration, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. Currier and Ives was a prominent American printmaking establishment headquartered in New York operating from 1835 to 1907. Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) started his business on his own, but later merged with James Merritt Ives (1824-1895), becoming "Currier and Ives" in 1857. They produced and sold hand-colored lithographs which could be produced relatively quickly and cheaply. They called themselves "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints". The company published around 7,500 lithographs in its 72 years in business.
  • Creator:
    Currier & Ives (1834 - 1907, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1882
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.25 in (76.84 cm)Width: 41.25 in (104.78 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Alamo, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: # 46041stDibs: LU117328802001
More From This SellerView All
  • "Esquimaux Dog": An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Quadruped Lithograph
    By John James Audubon
    Located in Alamo, CA
    This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Esquimaux Dog", No. 23, Plate CXIII, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America". It was drawn ...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Yarrell's Wood-star Hummingbirds: A 19th Century Hand-Colored Gould Lithograph
    By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
    Located in Alamo, CA
    This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Calothorax Yarrelli", Yarrell's Wood-star Hummingbirds by John Gould, published in his "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London in 1850. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts three green, white, grey, and a little blue colored hummingbirds amid green cactus plants with white and pink colored flowers. The hummingbirds are augmented by gum-arabic paint, which gives them an iridescent appearance in areas in which it is used. This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph is in excellent condition. The original descriptive text page from Gould's 19th century publication is included. There are several other unframed Gould hummingbird...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Indian Wryneck Birds (Yunx indica): A 19th C. Gould Hand-colored Lithograph
    By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
    Located in Alamo, CA
    This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Yunx indica" (Indian Wryneck) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Asia", published in London in 1850-1883. The pri...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Caribou or American Reindeer: Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
    By John James Audubon
    Located in Alamo, CA
    This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored quadruped lithograph entitled "Caribou or American Rein Deer", No. 26, Plate CXXVI, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of Nor...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Carousel Animals: A Limited Edition Goines Graphic Art Poster
    By David Lance Goines
    Located in Alamo, CA
    This original limited edition graphic art lithographic poster entitled "Carousel Animals" was created by David Lance Goines in 1984 in his Berkeley ...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Hummingbirds: Framed Gould Antique Hand-Colored "Rufous-breasted Sabrewing"
    By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
    Located in Alamo, CA
    This is a framed hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Campylopterus Hyperythrus" (Rufous-breasted Sabrewing Hummingbird), Plate 51 from John Gould's "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London in 1850. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts three hummingbirds displaying multiple colors, including, green, blue and shades of brown highlights among burgundy and cream colored flowers. The hummingbirds are highlighted by bright iridescent metallic paint. This beautiful Gould hummingbird...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

You May Also Like
  • BUCK RUN BRIDGE Signed Lithograph Historic Covered Bridge, Snowy Landscape, Cows
    By Peter Sculthorpe
    Located in Union City, NJ
    BUCK RUN BRIDGE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by Peter Sculthorpe(b.1948 Ontario, Canada) printed in 1990 at JK Fine Art Editions Co. NYC, using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. Buck Run Bridge depicts a finely detailed drawing of a historic covered bridge in Chester County, Pennsylvania. BUCK RUN BRIDGE is an elongated horizontal composition, image measures 11.5" across by 36.75" high, a very appealing scenic Pennsylvania winter landscape featuring a historic covered bridge with its weathered red painted wood siding, subtle details of fine line drawing, watercolor like washes and soft blending form a wintry blue sky, delicate branches on bare trees, stone walls, split rail...
    Category

    1990s Realist Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • BACK TO EARTH Signed Lithograph, Abstract Landscape, Zebra, Crescent Moon, Grass
    By Margo Humphrey
    Located in Union City, NJ
    BACK TO EARTH is an original hand drawn lithograph by the American woman artist printmaker Margo Humphrey printed using hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper ...
    Category

    1960s Contemporary Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • COLLONGES la ROUGE Signed Stone Lithograph, Corrèze French Village, Peacock Dove
    By Bernard Brussel-Smith
    Located in Union City, NJ
    COLLONGES la ROUGE is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by the American artist Bernard Brussel-Smith, hand printed by Master printer Joseph Kleineman, JK Fine Art Editions Co. ...
    Category

    1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Nebraska Evening
    By Thomas Hart Benton
    Located in London, GB
    A fine impression with good margins published by Associated American Artists.
    Category

    1940s American Modern Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Antique Dog Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France circa 1870
    By Alfred de Dreux
    Located in SANTA FE, NM
    Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Newfoundland France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portraits. Each d...
    Category

    1870s Romantic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Antique Dog Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France circa 1870
    By Alfred de Dreux
    Located in SANTA FE, NM
    Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Bulldog and Frog France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portr...
    Category

    1870s Romantic Animal Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

Recently Viewed

View All