Description: "CLIPPER SHIP "FLYING CLOUD" This is a Print from a vintage Art Book. Suitable for framing. The plate/print was taken from a book dated 1953. There may be an image and/or text on the back. Condition: Very good art print measures 12" x 9" inches included border, beautiful gift and display for home, office and business, sold unframed. About the image: Clipper Ship Flying Cloud were deemed the “speed queens” of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The record voyages that clipper ships were making intrigued the public and there was a great demand for images of vessels. Nathaniel Currier, always anxious to fill the demand, published his first clipper-ship print in 1845. Later Currier & Ives re-issued many of these prints including the print Clipper Ship Three Brothers in 1875. Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989. Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay." About the Illustrators: Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) were partners in the firm of Currier and Ives, the most important 19th-century lithographic company in America. Their prints were widely sold across the nation. Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Mass., was apprenticed in his teens to a Boston lithographic firm. He established his own lithography business in New York City in 1835. The lithographer James Ives, born in New York City, entered into partnership with Currier in 1857. Currier retired in 1888, Ives a few years later; but the firm was carried on by their sons and flourished until 1907. Lithography had begun in America in the 1820s. It was quicker and less expensive than engraving, hence the remarkable success of the firm of Currier and Ives. Soon after setting up business they produced extensive folios, usually based on paintings. Some of the work was crude, but the quality varied considerably. WE ACCEPT MOST OFFERS.ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK! WE COMBINE SHIP. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
Price: 7.5 USD
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
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Shipping Cost: 4.35 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Handmade: No
Artist: Currier & Ives
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Style: Illustration Art
Item Height: 9 in
Material: Paper
Theme: Transportation
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Personalize: No
Type: Print
Title: Clipper Ship Flying Cloud
Image Orientation: Landscape
Subject: Nautical, Ships, Speed Queen, Clipper Ship
Item Length: 12 in
Signed: No
Original/Licensed Reprint: Licensed Reprint
Year of Production: 1953
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
