Abraham's Dream! – "Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before"
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 9 7/16 × 14 3/16 in. (24 × 36 cm) Sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 13/16 in. (34.2 × 45.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Accession Number
52.632.191
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vivid world of 1864 with *Abraham's Dream! – "Coming Cast Their Shadows Before" a hand-colored lithograph by the famed printmaking firm Currier & Ives, with artwork by Louis Maurer. satirical print, measuring about 9½ by 14 inches, a pivotal moment during the Civil War era, featuring President Abraham Lincoln and General George. McClellan.ed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the firm's mastery of lithography—a technique that allowed for affordable, mass-produced color images that brought current events into American homes. The tit...