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Nathaniel Currier

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Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican-American War
Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican-American War Attack on the Castle Chapultepec, print by Nathaniel Currier, 1848.

Nathaniel Currier was an American lithographer who established a print publishing company in New York City in 1834. He is best known for his partnership with James Merritt Ives, forming the firm of Currier & Ives. This company became famous for its popular lithographs that depicted American history and customs.1

In an era before photography, Currier & Ives met the public's demand for visual representations of current events, issuing prints of disasters and topical subjects shortly after they occurred. They also created scenes of steamboat races, boxing matches, and other aspects of 19th-century American life. The firm, which operated until 1907, published over 7,000 prints, selling them as "Cheap and Popular Pictures".1

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