NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 - 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 - 1895). The City of New York Texasquad Those two men expanded the

Those two men expanded the plot to develop a pleasure garden open to the public

Original RARE letterpress contents leaf (Babinski State 1

The themes of conflict and battle in Western scenes would have resonated with contemporary audiences who were grappling with their own experiences of conflict and change

(1791–1852)

Bierstadt's 1860s paintings of the Rocky Mountains were already extremely popular at the time he returned to the American West to create this spectacular image of the unique rock dome formations of the Yosemite Valley

NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 - 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 - 1895). The City of New York Texasquad Those two men expanded theNATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 1895) The City of New York Lithograph with original hand color New York: Currier & Ives, 1884 28 12 x 39 sheet, 35 12 x 45 7 8 framed In this highly detailed image, Manhattan is pictured from the south overlooking the business district. A steamer rounds the tip of the island while other boats scatter the surrounding waterways. New York stretches forth in its entirety, flanked by the Hudson River