Title: Landscape, Fruit and Flowers
Artist: Fanny F. Palmer (1812-1876) Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St, New York.
Two-color lithograph hand colored, 1862.

Large folio - Image size 19 15/16 x 27 1/2" (50.5 x 69.9 cm). ).

Peters, Currier & Ives 776; Conningham 1970, 3440; Gale 3710

This splendid still life and landscape vista was among the most notable and popular original print compositions that Frances "Fanny" Flora Bond Palmer created for the celebrated lithography firm Currier & Ives. Featuring a glorious arrangement of beautiful flowers in a blue-patterned white vase (trimmed in gold), containers of red berries, bunches of grapes and other fruit placed on a table set on a balcony, there is also a grand view of New York's Hudson River scenery. Beyond a hummingbird flying towards a trumpet vine on a trellis, a viewer can glimpse a lone house in a valley, boats sailing on the river beyond, and distant mountains. Frances "Fanny" Palmer is best known for her illustrations of American life for Currier and Ives. Born in England, she was educated in London. In the early 1840s, she and her husband immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City. She was the first woman in the United States to work as a professional artist, and to make a living with her art. Palmer had studied art and soon found work as an illustrator specializing in lithography. By 1849 she was working for Nathaniel Currier. During the 1850s, she produced a number of folios illustrating the American landscape and rural life. When James M. Ives joined Currier's firm in 1857, she collaborated with him on a number of views. During the 1860s Palmer specialized in still life images. While working for Currier and Ives, Palmer produced more than two hundred lithographs, making the initial designs and drawings on the lithographic stones. Frequently reproduced, her images were popular with the American public. In addition to folios, her compositions were used as images for calendars, greeting cards, and advertisements. Despite the widespread recognition of her work, Palmer died in obscurity.

Condition: Good color, all margins replaced, inlcuding title