A color print of a farming family loading goods onto a horse-drawn carriage that is stopped in front of a house.

Preparing for Market.

Date

1856
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Louis Maurer

Published by Nathaniel Currier
Dimensions

Image: 19 x 27 1/4 in.
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 29 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. on stone: L. Maurer fct.
l.l.: L. MAURER DEL.
l.c.: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1856 BY N CURRIER IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF N.Y. \ PREPARING FOR MARKET. \ NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU S[T].
l.r.: LITH. BY N. CURRIER N.Y.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1970.180
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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