The Miseries of a Bachelor
Currier & Ives, American, 1857 - 1907
1857-1907
Lithograph on wove paper
Image: 11 15/16 × 9 in. (30.4 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 13/16 × 9 7/8 in. (35.1 × 25.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; gifts are Bequest of Mrs. N. A. Frost
PR.951.26.4
Publisher
Currier & Ives, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on stone, lower left margin: CURRIER & IVES; inscribed, on stone, lower right margin: 152 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK; inscribed, on stone, lower center: THE MISERIES OF A BACHELOR.
Course History
HIST 27, WGST 23, Gender and Power in American History from the Colonial Period to the Civil War, Leslie Butler, Spring 2012
English 52.19, Poverty in American Literature: 1861-1925, Colleen Boggs, Spring 2023
English 52.19, Poverty in American LIterature: 1861-1925, Colleen Boggs, Spring 2023
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1951.
Catalogue Raisonne
Conningham (1949): 4151
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