Nathanial Currier (1813-1888) James Merritt Ives ( -1895). Title: "The Narrows of New York Bay". "Currier & Ives" became a partnership in 1857 (News illustrators - New York, NY). Also illustrated early American historial events. Currier was an apprenticed lithographer; Ives a starving artist-bookkeeper. Became successful in their time: Documented fires, deaths, scenes of marriage and courtship. (appealed to sentimentality)
