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Through the Bayou by Torchlight, n.d.

Item

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Title

Through the Bayou by Torchlight, n.d.

Description

A Currier & Ives lithograph of a steamboat moving through the bayou with torchlight, undated. Printmakers Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives produced some of the most popular American art of the 19th century. The company specialized in publishing inexpensive hand-colored lithographic prints for the growing American middle class.

Source

Print Collection, Small Prints, A-C, The Filson Historical Society

Date

Identifier

PR170.0020

Citation

Currier, Nathaniel and James Merritt Ives, “Through the Bayou by Torchlight, n.d.,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed May 16, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/295.