Pigeon Shooting. Playing the Decoy

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (American, 1819–1905)

Currier and Ives (American, 1857–1904)

1862

Medium/TechniqueHand-colored lithograph

DimensionsImage: 48 x 69.8 cm (18 7/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 59.8 x 80.3 cm (23 9/16 x 31 5/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler

Accession number33.911

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InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: PAINTED BY A.F. TAIT. In stone, at lower center: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1862, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. / PIGEON SHOOTING. / "Playing the decoy." -- / NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU St. In stone, at lower right: LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.

ProvenanceBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, in 1933