1860

Currier & Ives

Header Record

Title: Lithographs depicting Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin following their nomination as Republican candidates for President and Vice President respectively [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02132

circa 1872-1874

Currier & Ives

Engraving

Title: Lithograph of Frederick Douglass

Circa dates based on several sources, indicating Currier and Ives' location at 125 Nassau St. between 1872 and 1874.

GLC08630.03

1860

Currier & Ives

Engraving

Title: [Portrait of Herschel V. Johnson]

Printed with Herschel's signature and "Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States." He was also a Georgia governor, United States senator, and Confederate legislator.

GLC08879.01.07

1860

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: [Color print depicting Abraham Lincoln]

The caption underneath this print describes Lincoln as the Republican candidate for sixteenth President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Published by Currier & Ives. Note along the bottom of the image reads "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of N.Y."

GLC02132.01

1864

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Grand banner of the radical democracy, for 1864.

1864 presidential election print for General John C. Frémont and General John Cochrane as third party candidates. Frémont was nominated by the radical Republicans. Bust portraits of both candidate circled by wreaths. Background adorned with patriotic symbols of American flags and an eagle.

GLC00491

circa 1865

Currier & Ives

Engraving

Title: The Brave Wife

One print of entitled The Brave Wife dated circa 1865. Features George B. McClellan and his family. He is holding a child's hand as they cry. His wife is helping to secure his uniform.

GLC10150

1865

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Fall of Richmond, Va. on the night of April 2nd 1865

One print entitled Fall of Richmond from Currier and Ives dated 1865.

GLC10022

1863

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Surrender of Port Hudson, La. July 8th 1863

One print entitled Surrender of Port Hudson from Currier and Ives dated 1863.

GLC10023

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Com. Farragut's fleet passing forts on the Mississippi

One print entitled Com. Farragut's fleet passing forts on the Mississippi from Currier and Ives dated 1862. One of Currier & Ives's great night-time battle scenes.

GLC10024

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Destruction of 'Merrimac' off Craney Island

One print entitled Destruction of 'Merrimac' off Craney Island from Currier and Ives dated 1862.

GLC10025

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Bombardment of Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie

One print entitled Bombardment of Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10026

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Interior of Fort Sumter during bombardment

One print entitled Interior of Fort Sumter during bombardment from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10027

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C.

One print entitled Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10028

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Destruction of rebel ram 'Arkansas' by Essex'

One print entitled Destruction of rebel ram 'Arkansas' by Essex' from Currier and Ives dated 1862.

GLC10029

1860

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: The Spirit of the Union

One engraving entitled, "The Spirit of the Union," engraved by Currier & Ives. Depicts George Washington standing in clouds below the U.S. Capitol. Mount Vernon is depicted on the right corner. Contains two stanzas related to dissuading the South from seceding.

GLC08878.2096

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: View of Harper's Ferry, VA, (from the Potomac side)

One print entitled View of Harper's Ferry, VA. dated 1861. Described by authenticator as hand-colored lithograph. (Possibly chromolithograph with hand-retouching?)

GLC10014

1850-1870 ca.

Currier & Ives

Header Record

Title: [Collection of seven Currier & Ives lithographs]

GLC08630

circa 1863

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Battle of Gettysburg, Pa July 3rd 1863.

Handcolored lithograph, possibly contemporary with the battle. Depicts the men engaged in battle. Includes a brief paragraph describing the battle and the commanders on each side, Union and Confederate.

GLC00248

1864

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street in New York. Depicts a very short and hostile General George McClellan and a very tall and confident Abraham Lincoln, both candidates in the 1864 presidential election, on the left side of the picture. McClellan says: "Uncle Abraham don't you think you had better call the old dog off now, I'm afraid he'll hurt those other dogs, if he catches hold of them." Lincoln responds: "Why little Mac that's the same pack of curs, that you chased you aboard of the Gunboat two years ago, they are pretty nearly used up now ... " They are looking at a…

GLC08594

1860

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: [Color print depicting Hannibal Hamlin]

A caption underneath this print describes Hamlin as the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Hamlin served as a U.S. congressman from Maine (1843-1846), U.S. senator (1847-1860 and 1869-1880) and as vice president of the United States (1861-1865). Published by Currier & Ives. Note along the bottom of the image reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of N.Y."

GLC02132.02

circa 1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th 1862

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street in New York (for a similar version see GLC02881.24). Subtitle says: "Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and the vastly superior number of Rebels under Elewll and Stonewall Jackson, the Rebels were finally repulsed, and the Field occupied by the Federal Army." Depicts a charge of Union troops in blue uniforms charging toward a line of Confederates. A forest and mountains are in the background.

GLC02881.32

circa 1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Battle of Williamsburg Va. May 5th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the Army of the Potomac." While the caption says this was a "Victorious charge," the Battle of Williamsburg was an inconclusive victory for the Army of the Potomac. Rows of Federal and Confederate troops are shown clashing in close combat, with a magenta hue dominating their depiction. The foreground shows several Union troops in blue uniforms, a…

GLC02881.03

circa 1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Battle of Mill Spring, Ky. Jan 19th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption beneath the title reads: "Terrific bayonet charge of the 9th Ohio Volunteers (Col. McCook) and total defeat of the Rebel under Genl. Zollicoffer by the Gallant Soldiers of the West." Full color picture depicting straight and orderly rows of Union soldiers dressed in blue attacking a retreating and disorganized group of Confederate soldiers dressed in green.

GLC02881.04

circa 1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Bombardment & capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, N.C.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption below the title reads: "By the U.S. Fleet under Commodore Stringham and the Forces under Genl. Butler. Aug. 27th 1861." Depicts the Union landing at Cape Hatteras. Benjamin Butler's troops are in small rowboats landing ashore in the foreground. The ships Minnesota, Wabash, Susquehanna, Pawnee, and Harriet-Lane bombard Forts Clark and Hatteras. Labels for each ship printed below the image. The arcs of cannon fire can be seen in the air.

GLC02881.07

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo 10th & 11th of April 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "After a bombardment of 30 hours, the Fort surrendered unconditionally to the U.S. Forces, under the immediate command of Genl. Q. A. Gillmore. 360 Prisoners, 47 Cannon, 40,000 pounds of Powder, and a large quantity of provisions fell into the hands of the loyal North." Vivid depiction of orange explotions inside and around the fort that lighten up the night. Orange and black smoke dominates the image. The flagpole with a Confederate flag is snapped and…

GLC02881.08