Winter Moonlight
1866 · Lithograph · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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
- 1866
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- Movement
- American Folk Art
A full moon sits low behind tall bare trees, lighting a frozen pond and a snowy path. A man with a gun over his shoulder walks towards a snow-roofed cottage, his dog running ahead. A wooden gate and a split-rail fence cross the foreground, and banks of cloud fill the sky. The picture is printed in black and grey and set in a frame with a rounded top. Currier & Ives of New York published the lithograph in 1866. The Library of Congress names the artist as Frances F. Palmer, an English-born lithographer who worked for the firm for many years. She drew many of its country and landscape scenes. This impression is in the Library of Congress.
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 moonlit snowy pond and cottage in black, grey and white. Hang it in a bedroom, study or hallway beside Friedrich's Two Men Contemplating the Moon, in a black frame.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- American Folk Art painting
- Era
- 19th century (1866)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed. 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
