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1867 · Hand-coloured lithograph (after George Henry Durrie; drawn on stone by John Schutler) · National Gallery of Art, Washington
The whole print, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Currier & Ives (firm active 1857–1907 (Nathaniel Currier 1813–1888, James Merritt Ives 1824–1895))
- Year
- 1867
- Medium
- Hand-coloured lithograph (after George Henry Durrie; drawn on stone by John Schutler)
- Original size
- 37.5 × 63.5 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Movement
- American Folk Art
A young man in a dark coat shakes his father's hand on the porch of a snow-covered farmhouse while his mother and a small child wait in the doorway. His horse and sleigh stand behind him. Across the yard a boy leads an ox hauling a sledge of logs, a dog trots through the snow and cattle gather by the barn under bare, snow-dusted trees and a pale yellow sky. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that sold cheap hand-coloured prints for American homes, published it in 1867 after a painting by George Henry Durrie of New Haven, Connecticut. John Schutler drew the design on the lithographic stone. Durrie had died in 1863, so this was one of the six of his pictures the firm issued after his death. It became one of the firm's most popular prints. This impression is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A snowy New England farmyard and a homecoming on the porch, in soft greys, browns and a pale yellow sky. Hang it in a dining room or entryway for the holiday season beside Audubon's Wild Turkey, in a dark wood frame.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- American Folk Art painting
- Era
- 19th century (1867)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from a scan of the original print, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
