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Practice dictation & shadowing on the daily life story: Currier and Ives
Currier and Ives
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Courier and Ives Before the widespread use of photography, there was a large market for artistic depictions of scenes and events.
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A process for making prints called lithography became popular in North America during the early 19th century.
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One young artist who mastered this technique was Nathaniel Courier, 1813 to 1888.
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Courier opened his own shop in 1834.
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Courier success came when he issued prints of newsworthy events.
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His Ruins of the Merchants Exchange followed a great fire in New York, December 1834.
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One of Courier's prints of a disastrous fire on a Steamboat was published in the New York Sun in 1840.
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There was also a large market for decorative prints.
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People who couldn't afford oil paintings would buy color prints to put on their walls.
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Some of these prints were copies of paintings.
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Sometimes Courier mentioned his source and sometimes not.
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In 1852 James Merritt Ives, 1824 to 1895 joined Courier's firm.
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In 1857 he became Courier's partner.
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After that the firm was known as Courier and Ives.
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Altogether the firm produced about 7000 different subjects.
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Small prints sold for about $0.25 and large color prints for about $3.
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Traveling salesman went from house to house selling them Courier, and I've sometimes hired the original painters to make the print.
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More often, someone from their own studio either composed an original subject or copied an existing painting or drawing.
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Contemporary news remained popular.
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Courier and Ives prints included the first appearance of Jenny Lind in America, 1850, the fall of Richmond, VA 1865, and the Great Fire at Chicago, 1871.
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A common subject was a patriotic scene from American history.
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Interesting occupations such as whaling, bird hunting, trapping, fur trading and deep sea fishing were portrayed.
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Pioneer and Indian topics were in demand.
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However, the most popular of all scenes were winter and holiday prints of ordinary people enjoying life.
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Farm scenes, buggy rides, sleigh rides, market scenes, blacksmith shops and town scenes sold well.
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Favorite prints included American Forest Scene, Maple Sugaring 1860, Home to Thanksgiving 1863, Winter in the Country 1862, Life in the Country, The Morning Ride 1859, and American Winter Sports 1856.
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These scenes are still popular even today.
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You can buy Christmas cards with Courier and Ives Winter Scenes.
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This collection of prints gives a remarkable picture of America between 1934 and 1907.
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Although the prints are sometimes more romantic than reality, they give a lot of information about everyday life.
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They depict styles of clothing, trains and boats, buildings and bridges, and popular activities.
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They also tell us what sorts of scenes people at that time liked and what their artistic tastes were.
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Eventually, advances in photography made this kind of printmaking obsolete.
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In 1906, the firm of Courier and Ives closed its doors.
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For a while, these prints were not considered very valuable.
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Nowadays, however, there are many collectors and Courier and Ives prints once again can be found decorating North American homes.