Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN. THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEM. 1866, (Conningham, 3516). Identified by inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 23 7/8 x 32 3/8 in., in a molded bird's-eye maple frame. Condition: Margins of 2 7/8 in. or more, repaired tears and corners in the margins.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 49 in the original "Best 50," and no. 43 in the "New Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $2,000-3,000