Who created "Jolly Young Ducks"?

Jolly Young Ducks was created by Frances Flora Bond Palmer|Currier & Ives|Currier & Ives in 1866.

What medium is "Jolly Young Ducks"?

Jolly Young Ducks is Hand-colored lithograph.

Is "Jolly Young Ducks" in the public domain?

Yes, Jolly Young Ducks is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Jolly Young Ducks

Frances Flora Bond Palmer|Currier & Ives|Currier & Ives

1866

Medium

Hand-colored lithograph

Dimensions

Image: 9 13/16 in. × 14 in. (24.9 × 35.5 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.4 × 40.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962

Accession Number

63.550.328

Tags

Ducks

Art Historical Context

**Jolly Young Ducks**1866) is a charming hand-colored lithograph by Frances Flora Bond Palmer, a pioneering female artist who contributed to the iconic American printmaking firm Currier & Ives. Palmer, one of the few women in the male-dominated field of 19th-century lithography, in lively rural and animal scenes. Published just after the Civil War, print captures a playful moment with frolicking ducklings amid a natural setting, embodying the era's nostalgia for simple, wholesome pleasures amid national recovery. Currier & Ives, founded in 1835, revolutionized affordable art by producing over...

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