Editing Currier and Ives (section)

{{short description|American printmaking firm}}
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[[File:Louis Maurers "THE FINISH" published by Currier & Ives circa 1852.jpg|thumb|''The Finish'', a hand-painted depiction of a horse race by [[Louis Maurer]], published by Currier and Ives, {{Circa|1852}}]]
[[File:Brush for the lead2.jpg|thumb|''A Brush for the Lead'', an 1867 [[lithograph]] by Currier and Ives]]
'''Currier and Ives''' was a [[New York City]]-based [[printmaking]] business operating from 1835 to 1907. Founded by [[Nathaniel Currier]], the company designed and sold inexpensive hand-painted [[Lithography|lithographic]] works based on news events, views of popular culture and [[Americana (culture)|Americana]]. Advertising itself as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/collections/Collections/library/special/prints/currier.asp |title=The Henry Ford Collections |publisher=Hfmgv.org |date=2002-12-18 |access-date=2013-11-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512005153/http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/collections/Collections/library/special/prints/currier.asp |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the corporate name was changed in 1857 to "Currier and Ives" with the addition of [[James Merritt Ives]].

A perennial bestselling series was the [[Darktown Comics]] lithographs.