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Central Park, Winter – The Skating Pond

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Date

1862

Artist

Print after Charles Parsons (1821-1910)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/339890

Description

The New York firm of of Currier & Ives (established by Nathaniel Currier, who formed a partnership with his brother-in-law James Merritt Ives in 1857), lithographed 4,300 subjects between 1835 and 1907 for distribution across America and Europe. They offered images of almost everything animal, vegetable, or mineral in the United States, including views of the citizens enjoying their freedoms. The pictures generally were drawn on lithographic stones in outline and, after being printed in monochrome, were hand-colored by women who worked for the firm at home. Medium: hand-coloured lithograph.
Additional Makers: Lithographed by - Lyman W. Atwater; Published and printed by - Currier & Ives (1857-1907)

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, USA

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