Trolling for Blue Fish, 1866
lithograph
PRINTS - LITHOGRAPHSPalmer, Frances Flora Bond; Currier & Ives
1866
paper
20.88 x 29.00 x 0
Color lithograph of four men fishing in a catboat. Titled "Trolling for Blue Fish", by Currier & Ives. A sloop, steamer, and another catboat are seen in the background. Lithograph is by "F. F. PALMER DEL." (printed below picture). Printed to the right, "CURRIER & IVES, LITH. N. Y."; and in the center, "Entered according to Act of Congress AD. 1866, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."; "TROLLING FOR BLUE FISH"; "NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU STREET".
Currier & Ives, publisher of inexpensive prints, made sure they had images to remind you of a nice day on the ocean and help you dream of the next escape from crowded city life.
UNIDENTIFIED catboat; UNIDENTIFIED sloop; UNIDENTIFIED steamer
1949.3241