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 A. F. TAIT." in margin in lower left on recto; Inscribed, "Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1862 by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York." and "AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE." and ""The Hunter's Stratagem"." and "NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU ST." in margin in lower center on recto; Inscribed, "LITH. BY CURRIER & IVES, N.Y." in margin in lower right on recto
Signed stone, "A. F. Tait. NY" in lower right on recto
