The Arkansas Traveler Lithograph

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500 USD
Item Number
129
Value:
400 USD
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2024-12-22 23:00:00.0

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Description

Currier & Ives "The Arkansas Traveler" Lithograph is dated 1870: Scene in the Backwoods of Arkansas. : Traveler,- to Squatter-can you give me some refreshments and a nights lodging? Squatter: no sir, have'nt got any room, nothing to eat. Fiddles away, - Traveler, where does this road go to? Squatter: it don't go anywhere it stays here. Still fiddling: Traveler: why dont you play the rest of that tune? Squatter; don't know it Traveler: here give me the fiddle; plays.

Item is in fair condition. Image size 7 13/16 x 12 1/2" (19.8 x 31.8 cm). The print, which is framed, appears to be from Currier & Ives and dates from the 1870s. The print has some foxing concentrated on the margin and there are minor tears on the margins. A conservator should be able to restore the print to goodcondition.

Item Special Note

Donated by Frank and Maria Politano

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