New York Ferry Boat ca. 1860–65 Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American In this marine view, a ferryboat moves left, smoke billows from its central stack, and two large American flags stream backwards, with passengers seen on the decks. Densely packed masts of moored ships in the right background indicate a site near the piers and docks that line Manhattan's southern New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824–1895).

New York Ferry Boat ca. 1860–65 Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American In this marine view, a ferryboat moves left, smoke billows from its central stack, and two large American flags stream backwards, with passengers seen on the decks. Densely packed masts of moored ships in the right background indicate a site near the piers and docks that line Manhattan's southern New York firm of Currier & Ives grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe with popular categories including landscape, marines, natural history, genre, caricatures, portraits, history and foreign views. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company at New York Ferry Boat 380853 Lithographer: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives, American, active New York, 1857?1907, New York Ferry Boat, ca. 1860?65, Hand-colored lithograph, Image: 7 15/16 x 12 7/16 in. ( x cm) Sheet: 13 7/16 x 17 5/8 in. ( x cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 ()

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