American Furniture & Decorative Arts

Description:

Currier & Ives, publishers ( American, 1857-1907)

THE SPLENDID NAVAL TRIUMPH ON THE MISSISSIPPI, APRIL 24TH 1862. 1862, (Conningham, 5659). Identified by inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 19 5/8 x 25 5/8 in., in a molded maple frame. Condition: Margins of 1 3/8 in. or more, repaired tear u.l. margin, couple light abrasions u.r. sky, part of the inscriptions below title have been trimmed off.

Note: This lithograph ranked no. 50 in the original "Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $800-1,200