Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2267Location: BostonDate / Time: February 20, 2005 11:00AM
Description:
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN. THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEM., 1866 (Conningham, 3516). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 23 1/4 x 30 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Margins of 1 1/4 in. or more, losses, tears, glue and tape residue prevalent in margins, toning.
Note: This lithograph ranks no. 49 in the original "Best 50," and no. 43 in the "New Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $1,500-2,000