The Grazing Farm
Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American
Not on view
In a rural landscape of fenced pastures, a mare and foal stand in a foreground pond near ducks. At right, a pair of horses stand next to two large trees, while three more dot the pasture close to a stable. A farm house is in the background with mountains beyond.
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.
