Currier and Ives

The Finish, a hand-painted depiction of a horse race by Louis Maurer, published by Currier and Ives, c. 1852
A Brush for the Lead, an 1867 lithograph by Currier and Ives

Currier and Ives was a New York City-based printmaking business operating from 1835 to 1907. Founded by Nathaniel Currier, the company designed and sold inexpensive hand-painted lithographic works based on news events, views of popular culture and Americana. Advertising itself as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints,"[1] the corporate name was changed in 1857 to "Currier and Ives" with the addition of James Merritt Ives.

A perennial bestselling series was the Darktown Comics lithographs.

  1. ^ "The Henry Ford Collections". Hfmgv.org. December 18, 2002. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.