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The New Era: Steam and Muscle
1861
Charles Parsons (Artist) American, 1821-1910 Currier and Ives Publishers (Publisher) American, 1834-1907
Lithograph printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
Image: 17 × 25 5/8 inches (43.2 × 65.1 cm) Sheet: 23 1/4 × 31 1/8 inches (59.1 × 79.1 cm)
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Gift of Nate S. Shapiro
69.162
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Inscribed, on stone, lower left: C. PARSONS DEL. Inscribed, lower right: LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y. Inscribed, lower center: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York Inscribed, center lower margin: THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN. | The new era. Steam and Muscle. | NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU ST.
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Nate S. Shapero
1969-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Charles Parsons, The New Era: Steam and Muscle, 1861, lithograph printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Nate S. Shapiro, 69.162.
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