The Cutter Yacht "Bianca"
In this nautical print, a one-masted sailboat sails to the right on swelling waves, with other ships in the background. An inscription imprinted below the image provides statistics about the Cutter Yacht "Bianca," which was built by Fish & Clark of New York.
The New York firm of Currier & Ives (established by Nathaniel Currier, who later formed a partnership with James Merritt Ives in 1857), made more than 7,000 lithographs between 1835 and 1907 for distribution across America and Europe. They produced landscapes, genre subjects, caricatures, portraits, historical scenes, foreign views and reproductions of art works. One popular sub-category concerned sailboats and racing. The pictures were drawn on lithographic stones, printed in monochrome, then generally hand-colored by others, often women who worked for the firm at home.
The New York firm of Currier & Ives (established by Nathaniel Currier, who later formed a partnership with James Merritt Ives in 1857), made more than 7,000 lithographs between 1835 and 1907 for distribution across America and Europe. They produced landscapes, genre subjects, caricatures, portraits, historical scenes, foreign views and reproductions of art works. One popular sub-category concerned sailboats and racing. The pictures were drawn on lithographic stones, printed in monochrome, then generally hand-colored by others, often women who worked for the firm at home.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Cutter Yacht "Bianca"
- Artist: After Charles Parsons (American (born England), Hampshire 1821–1910 New York)
- Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York)
- Date: 1854
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 18 1/4 × 23 7/8 in. (46.4 × 60.6 cm)
Image with text: 20 in. × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 26 3/4 in. (55.2 × 67.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1951
- Object Number: 51.567.17
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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