157.     CURRIER & IVES (publisher). PALMER, F[rances] F[lora Bond (Fanny)] (artist). Staten Island and the Narrows. From Fort Hamilton. [below title] New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau S^t. [below image] F.F. Palmer, del. | Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the United States for the Southern District of New York. | Lith. Currier & Ives. N.Y. [keyed below imprint] Fort Richmond. | Fort Diamond. | Fort Hamilton. New York, 1861. Hand-colored lithograph view with gesso highlights, border to border: 37.4 x 51.5 cm; image and imprint below: 41.7 x 51.5 cm. Blank margins with mild browning, small repair at top center (new color applied), otherwise very good, color excellent. Matted, gilt frame, under Plexiglas.

     First edition. Gale, Currier & Ives: A Catalogue Raisonné 6123. Conningham 5715. Peters, Currier & Ives 4014. This lovely view was created by artist-lithographer Frances Flora Bond Palmer. See Items 155-156 herein.

($750-1,500)

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