The Harvest Moon
Publisher Currier & Ives American
Not on view
In this moonlit landscape a man on horseback and a dog walk on a dirt road flanked by tall trees; they approach a field beside a river where men load sheaves of wheat onto a cart. Moonlight reflects off the distant river seen between trees, and the scene is crowned by a dramatic
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.
This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
