Currier & Ives: Surrender of Cornwallis

With hundreds of illustrations by Currier and Ives, America's preeminnet printmakers, The Great Book Of Currier and Ives America also includes a fascinating history of everyday life in the country's turbulent formative years. 439 illustrations, 328 in full color. ...more

Nathaniel Currier and his partner, James Ives, literally changed the American landscape by mass-producing inexpensive lithographs and selling millions of copies that adorned countless homes, businesses, and even barns. Bryan F. Lebeau provides the first in-depth study of the sweeping range of Currier and Ives images produced until the end ...more

This collection, reproduced from originals in the Museum of the City of New York, contains 24 of the best-known Currier & Ives prints, among them "Home to Thanksgiving," "The Road—Winter," "The Farmer’s Home—Harvest" and "American Express Train." 24 postcards. ...more