| Title |
Currier, Nathaniel |
| Date |
March 27, 1813-November 22, 1888 |
| Description |
Premier lithographer Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27, 1813, worked in Philadelphia in 1833 with
former, fellow Pendleton of Boston apprentice M. E. D. Brown. Currier worked at Brown's establishment (5 Library Street)
before he relocated to New York City. He, however, remained associated with Brown and the first print issued by his press
was delineated by his former Philadelphia employer.
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Before the establishment of his renown partnership in 1856 with James Ives, Currier worked with Adam Stodart in the 1830s
and then solely. The Currier & Ives partnership survived until about 1907. While in Philadelphia, Currier probably assisted
in the design of lithographs with M. E. D. Brown imprints, including plates in the "Floral Magazine" (1832-1834);"American
Journal of Science and Arts" (1832-1833); and "Cabinet of Natural History" (1830-1834). Currier retired in 1880, leaving his
interest in the firm to his son, Edward and died of pneumonia in November 1888.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Brown, M. E. D. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Groce & Wallace, 159 |
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Last, 66-67 |
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LeBeau, Currier & Ives: America Imagined (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 1888 |
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WWWAA, 798 |
