ARTIST FANNY PALMER (ENGLAND/AMERICAN1812-1876)"Wooding Up" on The Mississippi (THE PRICES), 1863,New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St.Hand-colored lithograph on paper. Dimensions: Frame H 28" x W36.5", sight H20" x W28"Condition: NOTE Not examine out of the frame. Discoloring and stain on the print with some foxing on the bottom of the print. Note: "Fanny Palmer (1812-1876) was the first woman in the United States to work as a professional artist, and to make a living with her art. She produced more Currier and Ives' prints than any other artist, and she was the only female in a business that was dominated by men. Painting was not considered a suitable occupation for a woman.""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.''