A Villa on the Hudson
Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American
Not on view
In this rural landscape, a quiet road descends towards the Hudson River, with a sailing ship seen on the water. At right there is a wooden two-storey house, and a woman and three children walking along a path.
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.