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Hand-colored black and white lithograph of carriage "passing the Astor house, April 20th, 1846." Carriage colored in yellow, green, red and blue while buildings and spectators washed in pink. Canvas backing.
cityscapes (representations)
chromolithographs
canvas
hand coloring
ink
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
buildings (structures)
carriages (vehicles)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
children (people by age group)
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Coated Canvas
Transfer Printed
Hand Colored
Carriage
Man
Woman
Children
Unidentified Building
PICTURE, CITYSCAPE
Printed below image: ""LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER,/ Entered according... in the year 1846 by N. Currier... Southern District of N.Y./ 2 SPRUCE ST. N.Y./ 417""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Astor House
Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
11.625 x 18 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5030
New York state (United States)
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