Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BRQ.105.71 |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Title |
The Little Favorite |
Description |
A framed lithograph entitled The Little Favorite, by artist Nathaniel Currier. Image of a child in the foreground holding a length of blue ribbon or tape. The right arm is elevated with a yellow bird perched upon the hand. To the right centre of the child is a cluster of three roses. A bower of trees and a house (upper left) appear in the background. The scene is surrounded by a rectangular lithographed border, within the border, a pointed arch frames the top of the scene. The print is encased in a wooden veneered frame and clear glass covers the print. A brass plaque is attached to the bottom centre of the frame and reads: Donated in memory of Marjorie Twitchell by The Board of the Regent Park South Nursery School. Title and publisher of print appear directly under print and reads: The Little Favorite Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y. |
Year Range from |
1838 |
Year Range to |
1856 |
Artist |
Currier, Nathaniel |
Dimensions |
W-33 L-43.2 cm |
History |
Donated in memory of Marjorie Twitchell by the Board of Regent Park South Nursery School. Ms. Twitchell was a former director of the East End Day Nursery during the 40s and 50s, working there for 20 years. Twitchell later became the first Curator of the Lewis Bradley Museum The method of lithography was invented by a Bavarian name Alois Senefelder in about 1798. It involved taking limestone blocks, cutting them into blocks, and then painting them individually. This type of medium was almost synonymous with middle-class Victorians.The first people to bring this new technology to the United States were William and John Pendleton. In 1830 they brought on an apprentice name Nathaniel Currier (born 1813). After seeking other employment in Philadelphia he moved to New York to work for John Pendleton in 1833 and then bought out the franchise and renamed it N. Currier Co. He immediately set himself out as a superb lithographer and was for his lithographs of current events, and this is where he excelled and made a name for himself. It got to be such a big success he took a partner, James Merritt Ives, and in 1857 he made him a full partner it was renamed Currier & Ives Co. Nathaniel Currier died in 1888 and seven years later his partner died. Reference: Humanities Web http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=a&a=i&ID=692 |
People |
Twitchell, Marjorie |