The Gun Boat Candidate, At the Battle of Malvern Hill
1862 · Lithograph
Image: 9 in. × 13 9/16 in. (22.8 × 34.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 13/16 in. (34.3 × 45.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Louis Maurer
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Louis Maurer was a German-born American lithographer, and the father of the American painter Alfred Henry Maurer. He was the last surviving artist known to have been employed by Currier and Ives. Prior to his death, Maurer was extensively interviewed about the firm by collector and connoisseur Harry T. Peters for his book Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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