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The death of Minnehaha J. Cameron del. ; Currier & Ives, lith. N.Y
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Print shows Hiawatha dashing into a large tepee where Minnehaha, lying at center, is being mourned by Nokomis.
Signed on stone on lower right corner.
Includes 15 lines of verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1626
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand-colored. The firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.
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