Friends' meeting house at Airton
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 12.5 x 20.5 cm. | Print shows the Friends' meeting house at Airton, North Yorkshire, England.
Congressional scales. A true balance
1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 41.9 x 30.4 cm. | A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the left reads "Wilmot Proviso" and the one on the right "Southern Rights." Below,…
Contributor:
N. Currier (Firm)
Date:1850-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Death of Genl. Z. Taylor
1 print : lithograph. | Taylor on his death bed, in the White House, July, 1850.
The living Chinese family, arrived in New York April 1850, in the ship Ianthe Capt. Johnson from Canton
1 print : lithograph ; 21 x 31.2 cm (image), 32.7 x 43 cm (sheet) | Print shows a Chinese family sitting on a long sofa, from left are "Miss Pwan Ye Koo, aged 17 years, a young lady, with feet 2 1/2 inches long", holding a musical instrument, "Miss Lum Akum, aged 23 years, her maid servant", "Miss Amoon, aged 7 years, Master…
Moose and wolves a narrow escape.
1 print : lithograph, hand col. | Apparently an elk, not a moose, struggling to get out of broken ice in stream to escape a pack of wolves.
Contributor:
Currier & Ives
Date:1850-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
My pet bird
1 print : lithograph, hand col. | Young girl feeding grapes to bird perched on her shoulder.