Currier & Ives: Portraits of a Nation

by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren

Currier & Portraits of a Nation

Genres: Art

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book caught my eye at my local library's used book sale. $2. Cover had "Central Park, Winter, The Skating Pond, Currier and Ives, 1862". I have a very nice Liberty Puzzle with this print. (Once you make a Liberty puzzle, you can't go back). Beautiful prints on slightly glossy paper. 128 pages with prints and text on virtually every page, extremely tastefully done. Sometime print is high on page with text below, then next page text is high and print low. Serious care was taken putting this book together. Nicely oversize, about 12" tall x 14" wide.
Sections:
1. A Very Brief History of Printmaking
2. The Firm of Currier & Ives: A Marriage of Art and Business
3. Who We Were: The US from 1830's to Civil War
4. The Domestic Decades
Appendix, Biblio, Index
Page facing the Table of Contents is a print of "Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor" Magnificent!
Both the first inside-cover/page1 and the last page/last-cover are full prints too.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures!