"Four-in-Hand"
Louis MaurerWW-1861-525392
1861·Hand-colored lithograph·Image: 17 9/16 × 27 3/4 in. (44.6 × 70.5 cm)
Image and text: 19 1/4 × 27 3/4 in. (48.9 × 70.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 31 3/8 in. (56.2 × 79.7 cm)
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Catalogue
- Year
- 1861
- Medium
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
- Image: 17 9/16 × 27 3/4 in. (44.6 × 70.5 cm) Image and text: 19 1/4 × 27 3/4 in. (48.9 × 70.5 cm) Sheet: 22 1/8 × 31 3/8 in. (56.2 × 79.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Louis Maurer
Artist
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Louis Maurer
Painting
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.
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- Louis Maurer
- Year
- 1861
- Medium
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
- Image: 17 9/16 × 27 3/4 in. (44.6 × 70.5 cm) Image and text: 19 1/4 × 27 3/4 in. (48.9 × 70.5 cm) Sheet: 22 1/8 × 31 3/8 in. (56.2 × 79.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1861-525392
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified