King William III Crossing the Boyne, July 1st, 1690

1845

Nathaniel Currier, Artist J. Fisher, Publisher Nathaniel Currier, Publisher

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Title King William III Crossing the Boyne, July 1st, 1690

Artwork Date 1845

Makers Nathaniel Currier (Artist) American, 1813-1888 J. Fisher (Publisher) American Nathaniel Currier (Publisher) American, 1813-1888

Medium Lithograph printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 8 3/4 × 8 inches (22.2 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 12 × 10 inches (30.5 × 25.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 72.295

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Inscriptions Inscribed, on stone, center bottom margin: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. | KING WILLIAM III. | CROSSING THE BOYNE JULY 1ST. 1690. | in two 4 line verses: Come let us all with heart and voice, | Applaud our lives defender, | Who at the Boyne his valour shewed, | And made his foe surrender. | To God above, the praise we'L [sic] give, | Both now, and ever after; | And bless the glorious memory, | of King William that crossed the water. | Pub. by J. Fisher, 71 Court St. Boston. N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y.

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1972-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Nathaniel Currier, King William III Crossing the Boyne, July 1st, 1690, 1845, lithograph printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 72.295.