American Forest Scene- Maple Sugaring / Nathaniel Currier

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

American Forest Scene- Maple Sugaring

Creator(s):

Nathaniel Currier (Engraver)

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1856

Materials/Techniques:

lithograph with watercolor (hand coloring) on paper

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Hand-colored Lithograph

Accession No:

15.558

Previous Number(s):

1526.558; 18874

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 22 7/8in. (58.1cm)
Width: 30 3/8in. (77.2cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Nathaniel Currier

Role(s):

Engraver

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Currier, Nathaniel

Birth Date:

1813

Death Date:

1888

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American printmaker, 1813-1888

Gender:

male

Note:

Currier had apprenticeships in Boston and Philadelphia. He set up a print publishing company in New York City in 1834. He hired his brother-in-law, Ives, as bookkeeper in 1852 and made him a partner in 1857, creating the firm of Currier & Ives.

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam

Birth Date:

1819

Death Date:

1905

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter, 1819-1905

Gender:

male

Note:

Comment on works: animals, Landscapes

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed, "Title: 2" and "Lith. By N.Currier, N.Y."

Signed: Signed, "A.F. Tait N.Y."

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

apron (protective wear), axe, baskets, beards, blankets, bonnets (hats), boots, boys, buns, cabin, capes (clothing), children, cold, conversations, dog, dresses, eating, fellowship, fire, firewood, forestry, forests, Friends, fur, girls, hairstyles, jackets, landscapes (environments), leaning, lithographs, log cabin, logs (wood), maple, men, Outdoors, outside, Ox, oxen, pants, people, pets (domestic animals), Picnic, purse (bag), shed, shirts, shoes, short hair, Sitting, skirts, smoke, snow, standing, steam, sticks, talking, vests, winter, women, yokes (animal equipment)

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Currier, Nathaniel. American Forest Scene- Maple Sugaring. 15.558. 1856. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/15558 (05/06/2016).

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American Forest Scene- Maple Sugaring / Nathaniel Currier

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Art Item Information

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About the Creator(s)

Marks and Inscriptions

Tags and Search Terms

Cite this Page