We just got word from our graphics team that our Currier and Ives vintage collection is scheduled for the release of an additional 400 images starting within the week.
Currier and Ives published over 7,500 different prints between 1835 and 1895. They commissioned artists to paint scenes of America, steamships, tall sail ships, railroads, horses, children, and portraits of people, great and small, at work, at play and at home.
Once the artist had sketched or painted a piece, they would copy it onto stones with grease pencil and print out black and white prints. Then they went to the painting line, where each woman on the assembly added a different color. They weren't perfect and they weren't fine art, but they were charming and interesting and most of all inexpensive. The people of the Victorian era bought millions of them and they wound up just about everywhere - in homes, barbershops, stores, and in magazines and newspapers.
In 1930, Frederic A. Conningham, compiled and published a listing of known Currier & Ives prints. The last edition was issued in 1983 and the list of Currier & Ives prints had grown to nearly 7,000. Conningham assigned a number to each print for reference, which collectors call the Conningham number. You'll sometimes see a citation such as "C: 1237" in a Currier and Ives gallery or book. That's the Conningham number.
Currier and Ives print reproductions have once again become popular, for they have lost none of their charm with time.
Our growing collection of Currier & Ives prints have been restored and enhanced, and in many cases hand colored just as they were in the 19th century.
Each print in our online gallery is titled with the original Currier and Ives title and publication date, plus the Conningham number and description for each print. The prints are organized by subject matter, with links to sites where you can purchase them online. We plan to create desktop wallpaper and printable greeting cards from the prints that are popular in 2007.
You can visit our Currier & Ives Gallery online at:
http://www.24kvintageart.com/currier-and-ives/index.html
Currier and Ives published over 7,500 different prints between 1835 and 1895. They commissioned artists to paint scenes of America, steamships, tall sail ships, railroads, horses, children, and portraits of people, great and small, at work, at play and at home.
Once the artist had sketched or painted a piece, they would copy it onto stones with grease pencil and print out black and white prints. Then they went to the painting line, where each woman on the assembly added a different color. They weren't perfect and they weren't fine art, but they were charming and interesting and most of all inexpensive. The people of the Victorian era bought millions of them and they wound up just about everywhere - in homes, barbershops, stores, and in magazines and newspapers.
In 1930, Frederic A. Conningham, compiled and published a listing of known Currier & Ives prints. The last edition was issued in 1983 and the list of Currier & Ives prints had grown to nearly 7,000. Conningham assigned a number to each print for reference, which collectors call the Conningham number. You'll sometimes see a citation such as "C: 1237" in a Currier and Ives gallery or book. That's the Conningham number.
Currier and Ives print reproductions have once again become popular, for they have lost none of their charm with time.
Our growing collection of Currier & Ives prints have been restored and enhanced, and in many cases hand colored just as they were in the 19th century.
Each print in our online gallery is titled with the original Currier and Ives title and publication date, plus the Conningham number and description for each print. The prints are organized by subject matter, with links to sites where you can purchase them online. We plan to create desktop wallpaper and printable greeting cards from the prints that are popular in 2007.
You can visit our Currier & Ives Gallery online at:
http://www.24kvintageart.com/currier-and-ives/index.html
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