Summer Scenes in New York Harbor

1869

after Charles Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater

Associated Names
Charles Parsons

Artist, American, 1821 - 1910

Lyman W. Atwater

Artist, American

Currier and Ives

Printer, 1857 - 1907

Currier and Ives

Publisher, 1857 - 1907

The image shows a panoramic view of New York Harbor from an overhead perspective. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, revealing several ships along the harbor. The artwork is a detailed lithograph depicting ships with sails, flags, and rigging. The color palette includes soft blues for the water and sky, and hints of cream, brown, red, and blue in the sails, flags, and rowers' shirts. In the foreground, rowers in red and blue shirts are seen paddling in long boats. Further back are larger sailing ships and steamships with multiple masts adorned with flags. The background displays a soft sky with scattered clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    image: 43.8 x 70.1 cm (17 1/4 x 27 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 52.9 x 76.5 cm (20 13/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.164

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reilly 1984, no. 6343

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Conningham, Frederic A. Currier and Ives Prints: An Illustrated Check List. New York: Crown Publishers, 1970, p. 254, no. 5876.

1984

  • Reilly, Bernard F., Jr. Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonné: A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Lithographs of Nathaniel Currier, James Merrit Ives and Charles Currier, including Ephemera Associated with the Firm, 1834-1907, volume 2. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1984, pp. 607, 645, no. 6343.

Inscriptions

Text at bottom on stone:
Parsons & Atwater, Del. / Entered according to Act of Congress AD.1869 by Currier & Ives, in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York / Lith. by Currier & / Summer Scenes in New York Harbor. / New York Published by Currier & Ives,152 Nassau Street.

Wikidata ID

Q74070767

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