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Pigeon Shooting. Playing the Decoy
After: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (American, 1819–1905)
Publisher: Currier and Ives (American, 1857–1904)
Publisher: Currier and Ives (American, 1857–1904)
1862
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 48 x 69.8 cm (18 7/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 59.8 x 80.3 cm (23 9/16 x 31 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 59.8 x 80.3 cm (23 9/16 x 31 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number33.911
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Conningham 4780; Bland p. 204; Peters 3330 (San. B. 201)
InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: PAINTED BY A.F. TAIT.
In stone, at lower center: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1862, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. / PIGEON SHOOTING. / "Playing the decoy." -- / NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU St.
In stone, at lower right: LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
In stone, at lower center: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1862, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. / PIGEON SHOOTING. / "Playing the decoy." -- / NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU St.
In stone, at lower right: LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
ProvenanceBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, in 1933