Nathaniel Currier19th century color lithograph watercolor landscape figurative animal print, 1855
$1,300
19th century color lithograph watercolor landscape figurative animal print
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present hand-colored lithograph presents the viewer with a hunting scene in a picturesque landscape. In the foreground, a man approaches two partridges as his two pointers prepare to flush them out. Beyond, a white fence draws our eyes to the homestead in the distance. Images like this one show how people in the United States were trying to identify themselves as a new nation in the North American landscape - as separate from their European counterparts but with similar similar and specific wildlife and magesties of nature. It also identifies hunting in this landscape as an American pastime. 9.25 x 12.5 inches, artwork 18.38 x 22 inches, frame Entitled bottom center "Partridge Shooting...
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Prints
Watercolor, Lithograph









