George Glazer Gallery - Antique Prints --Archive of Sold Americana

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Celebrate the rich heritage of the United States with the George Glazer Gallery's selection of Americana. In this section, we have prints, paintings, photographs, ephemera, decorative arts and collectibles. Elsewhere on our site is a wide selection of U.S. Maps and Views, including Pictorial Maps.

History

Benjamin West
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians
18th C.
Hand-colored engraving

The Declaration Committee
1876

Independence Hall Relic & Certificate
Philadelphia: 1926

Declaration of
Independence
1850-58

Forward March
Patriotic Civil War Allegory
New York: c. 1862
Hand-colored lithograph

American History Timeline
Rolling Chart
1890

The Star Spangled Banner, New York: 1901

Presidents Plaque
Cincinnati: c. 1929
Bronze

Places

Washington, D.C. View - Soldiers Rest
1864

John Caspar Wild
Philadelphia State House
Philadelphia: 1840
Hand-colored lithograph

Currier & Ives

Below are antique 19th century prints published by the famous American publishing house Currier & Ives. We also occasionally include here prints in a similar vein by their contemporaries, such as Kellogg & Bulkeley.

Strawberries
Currier & Ives, New York: c. 1870s

Currier & Ives
Young America
Celebrating the Fourth
Currier & Ives, New York: 1867

The Farmers Friends
Currier & Ives, New York

Nathaniel Currier
Pair of Dog Prints
New York: c. 1835-56

Star Spangled Banner
Currier & Ives, New York: c. 1870

Currier & Ives
Chicago, As It Was
Last Quarter 19th C.
Hand-colored lithograph

Fanny F. Palmer
The Hudson Highlands near Garrison's Landing
Currier & Ives, New York: 1857
Lithograph

Currier & Ives
Calm Still Night
New York: 1880
Lithograph trade card

Parsons and Atwater
The City of Chicago
Currier & Ives, 1874
Hand-colored lithograph

A.F. Tait/ C. Parsons
Home of the Deer
Morning in the Adirondacks
Currier & Ives, NY: 1862
Chromolithograph

Summer in the Country
Kellogg & Bulkeley, Hartford:
4th Qtr. 19th C.
Hand-colored lithograph

About Currier & Ives

The lithography firm of Currier & Ives was founded in 1834 by Nathaniel Currier as N. Currier, Lithographer, and based in New York. In 1852, he brought his brother-in-law, James Merritt Ives, into the business and renamed the firm Currier & Ives five years later. They were extremely prolific and highly successful, producing almost 7,500 different separately issued art prints through the 19th century until 1907, aptly advertising themselves as "Print-makers to the American People." Their prints were issued in either small, medium or large folio, though some particularly popular images were issued in more than one size. Dozens of American artists in the mid 19th century painted primarily for lithographic reproduction by Currier & Ives and other firms. To please a broad audience, the firm presented a warmly positive vision of America, frequently sentimental, and sometimes with a touch of humor. Currier & Ives prints generally portrayed the American landscape, scenery and landmarks, including the westward expansion, as well as daily life in both urban and rural settings. Their sporting and maritime subjects were particularly popular. These prints are now highly collectible as records of American history, as fine works of American art, and for their decorative appeal.