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Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / J.M. Ives, del. ; drawn by F.F. Palmer.
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Print shows a settlement of log buildings, with school and church, on the edge of the prairie; a steam railroad train is headed west with many passengers and covered wagons are departing for the west as well; Natives on horseback are visible on the right, with a river and mountains in the background on the upper right.
Original best fifty #19.
New best fifty #4.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 39
Exhibited: "Rivers, Edens, Empires : Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America" at Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska ; North Dakota Museum of Art, Bismark, North Dakota ; Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, Washington, 2004-05.
New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand-colored. The firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.
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