The Age of Iron – Man as He Expects To Be
This satire responds to the cause of women's suffrage. At right, men in a domestic interior wash, mend, and babysit as an elegantly dressed woman steps into a carriage at left.
The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company at home.
The New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company at home.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Age of Iron – Man as He Expects To Be
- Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1869
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 8 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (20.7 × 34 cm)
Image and text: 9 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (23.5 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 17 in. (30.5 × 43.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
- Object Number: 52.632.169
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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