NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 - 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 - 1895). The City of New York Texasquad TX: Amon Carter Museum

TX: Amon Carter Museum

(1791–1852)

The themes of conflict and battle in Western scenes would have resonated with contemporary audiences who were grappling with their own experiences of conflict and change

Those two men expanded the plot to develop a pleasure garden open to the public

the produce and commercial demands of so vast a continent were not less attractive to the merchant

NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 - 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 - 1895). The City of New York Texasquad TX: Amon Carter MuseumNATHANIEL CURRIER (1813 1888) JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824 1895) The City of New York Lithograph with original hand color New York: Currier & Ives, 1884 28 12 x 39 sheet, 35 12 x 45 7 8 framed In this highly detailed image, Manhattan is pictured from the south overlooking the business district. A steamer rounds the tip of the island while other boats scatter the surrounding waterways. New York stretches forth in its entirety, flanked by the Hudson River