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International Prints Art Auction

September 06, 2007

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Lot 1

Currier and Ives (Publisher)

Currier and Ives (Publisher)
Lot 1 Details
Currier and Ives (Publisher), American

MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI [C4117]

Handcoloured lithograph After H.D. Manning; signed with an initial M in the plate in the lower left of the image. Published in 1875 in New York.
8.9" x 13.0" (22.5 cm x 33.0 cm)

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $216
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Literature:

Frederic A. Conningham, Currier & Ives Prints An Illustrated Checklist New Updated Edition, Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1983

Note:

The Scene shows the steamboats “Memphis” and “James Howard.” Conningham notes that the scene was also used as an advertisement, pg. 180.

CONDITION DETAILS

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