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.
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Inscribed, "PAINTED BY JOHN TRUMBULL." in margin in lower left on recto; Inscribed, "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1852 BY N. CURRIER, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF N.Y." and "SURRENDER OF LORD CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN VA. OCT. 19TH 1781." and "FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY COLONEL TRUMBULL IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON." and "PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 115 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK." in margin in lower center on recto; Inscribed, "LITHOGRAPHED BY N. CURRIER, N.Y." in margin in lower right on recto
