Hand colored Currier lithograph of the Post Office. In the streets and sidewalks surrounding the post office are people walking and socializing as well as horses, wagons and carriage. A black iron fence surrounds the post office which is a 3-story building w/ a steeple and a clock and large arched windows. Frame: 3/4 in. black.
prints (visual works)
lithography
paper (fiber product)
post offices
Unidentified Paper
Lithography
Post Office
PICTURE
Printed beneath print: ""---& Pub. By N. Currier. 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce/ 610""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
11.5 x 15 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.340
Peters, Harry T.. Currier and Ives: Printmakers to the American People. [No Publisher].
1850-1870 (Possibly)
New York state (United States)
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