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Currier & Ives

The Little Alms-Giver

Maker

Currier &amp

Title

The Little Alms-Giver

Year

mid 1800s-early 1900s

Medium

  • lithograph,
  • hand coloring

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • lithograph,
  • hand coloring

Materials

hand coloring

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

30.6 x 21.8 cm (12 1/16 x 8 9/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil in LR:4- Verso:in pencil in LL:43.574.1In Plate--In LR:T.N.; below image:PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES 125, NASSAU ST.(T. superscribed and underlined) NEW YORK/THE LITTLE ALMS-GIVER./THE LORD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER.

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART; surrounded by:PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND (inscribed in a circle)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.574.1

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

A Case for Boxes
Oct 16, 1980 – Nov 16, 1980

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Currier & Ives (American, 1857-1905), designer
The Little Alms-Giver, mid 1800s-early 1900s
lithograph; hand coloring
30.6 x 21.8 cm (12 1/16 x 8 9/16 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 43.574.1

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