Currier & Ives’ America could be a dark place Art: Printmakers gave us shiny, happy scenes of the bucolic life of the haves, but moralizing, hatred were there, too.

Many artists contributed to Currier & Ives's catalog of prints, which depicted historical events (as imagined by the artists) and everyday American life (seasonal scenes, sports, and portraits).

Ask almost anyone to name the most popular printmakers in America and chances are they’ll say Currier & Ives. The famous Manhattan lithograph firm, founded in 1835, became a household na… ...

Because of Currier and Ives, mid-19th-century America was documented more completely than any other time and place in history before the widespread use of photography.

A new edition of Currier & Ives’ America: From a Young Nation to a Great Power by Walton Rawls—in which these images can be found—will be available this March. Grand National Democratic Banner.

The Surprise of Currier & Ives reveals the other side of the printmakers' commonly recognized nostalgic and homey portraits of New England. As the firm grew, they delved into areas such as ...

Currier and Ives is known for its iconic images of 19th-century America. The printing firm produced popular lithographs that captured scenes of everyday life, including Christmas sleigh rides and ...

In their half-century as America’s greatest printmakers Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives produced some 8,000 lithographs, of which some 7,500 survive as nostalgic relics of 19th-Century ...

Currier and Ives is known for its iconic images of 19th-century America. The printing firm produced popular lithographs that captured scenes of everyday life, including Christmas sleigh rides and ...