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Holy family. La sagrada familia
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Print shows the Blessed Virgin Mary holding Jesus on her lap, with Joseph looking over her right shoulder; John the Baptist, as a young boy, is holding a plate of grapes for Jesus to eat.
Inscribed in ink on verso: November 17, 1948 Domestic Exchange, Mr. Jacques Schurre.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3080
Domestic exchange; Mr. Jacques Schurre; 1948 November 17.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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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