Central Park, Winter – The Skating Pond
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Central Park, Winter – The Skating Pond
- Artist: After a painting by Charles Parsons (American (born England), Hampshire 1821–1910 New York)
- Artist: Lithographed by Lyman Wetmore Atwater (American, Burlington, Vermont 1835–1891 Brooklyn, New York)
- Publisher: Published and printed by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1862
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 18 1/8 × 26 9/16 in. (46 × 67.5 cm)
Image and text: 20 3/16 × 26 9/16 in. (51.3 × 67.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
- Object Number: 63.550.266
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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