Moosehead Lake, Maine
1857–71
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
image: 7 13/16 x 12 in. (19.9 x 30.5 cm) sheet: 11 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (30.4 x 40.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Roxanne Blanchard and William Westfield Gift, in memory of Jane Hoffman Westfield, 2010
Accession Number
2010.81
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About this artwork
This hand-colored lithograph depicts Moosehead Lake in Maine, created by the American printmaking firm Currier & Ives between 1857 and 1871. The composition shows deer standing on the lake bank with mountains in the background, presenting an idealized view of American wilderness scenery. The print demonstrates the characteristic Currier & Ives approach to landscape imagery, combining topographical elements with scenic embellishment to create appealing pictures for middle-class American homes. Na...