Currier & Ives “The Age of Reason”
Currier & Ives “The Age of Reason”
Suffrage “The Age of Iron” black and white lithographic copy. Satirical caricature of a wife going out for an evening, leaving her husband at home to watch the baby and sew. The carriage is driven by female servants and the male servant is seen washing the clothes. In very small print under the picture it says: Entered according to Act of Congress AD. 1869, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.” 14” x 9.” Below that in larger print, “The Age of Iron. Man as he expects to be.” Published by Currier
& Ives,152 Nassau St. New York.” DATED: 1869.
N. Ives Lithographic Print
N. Ives Lithographic print of  “The life & age of woman, stages of woman's life from the cradle to the grave.” Depiction of women at various life stages, from infancy to 100, ascending and descending a set of stairs. There are 10 stages and under each is a poem depicting that stage. Along the bottom edge: Lith & Pub. by N. Currier, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by N. Currier in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Soutern District of N.Y., 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce. DATED: 1850.
Baby. In swaddling clothes behold the bud of sweet and gentle womanhood.
5. Next she foresees with mimic plays, the business of her future days.
15. Now glorious as a full-blown flower; the heart of manhood feels her power.
20. A husband now her arms entwine, she clings around him like the vine
30. No bearing fruit she rears her boys, and tastes a mother's pains and joys.
50. Like sparkling fountain gushing forth, she proves a blessing to the earth.
60. A busy house wife full of cares, the daily food her hand prepares.
70. As age creeps on she seeks for grace, always to church and in her place.
80. Now second childhood loosens all her tongue, she talks of love and prattles with the young.
90 . A useless cumberer on the Earth, from house to house they send her forth.
100.Chained to her chair by weight of years she listless knits till death appears.
Printed on gravestone, “Sacred to the memory of” with space for including a name. Printed on bottom: “Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St., New York. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.”
Newspaper, Art Supplement, Charles Dana Gibson Drawings
Signed pen and ink drawings that appeared in the Minneapolis, Minnesota “Art Supplement to Sunday Tribune,” 1906 issues, accompanying articles not included. Drawings 15” x 10” on off white paper, with black ink. Copyright 1901, Life Publishing Co.  DATED: 1906.
Temperance, Carry Nations caricature
Carry Nation (incorrectly spelled, "Carry Nations.") Caricature portrait of the temperance advocate painted on wood. Purchased in Pennsylvania in the early 1990s, seller said it had hung over a bar in New York City. 34” x 24” x 1-1/2.”
The first American flag made by Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag. She is seated in a wood stained chair 31” from the floor to the top of the chair back. Betsy is 26” tall from her seated position. Her face, hands and legs are plaster. She is fully clothed including stockings and shoes. In her right hand is a needle. When the attached white plug is plugged in her right hand begins to move in the direction of the fabric giving the impression she is sewing. Along the edge of the flag’s fabric it says, “Bulldog” Detta Flag with the company’s logo. The flag has 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars circled over a blue background.
Toilet Seat and Cover
Toilet Seat and Cover with scenes of dance hall can-can dancers. Scenes hand painted on all 4 parts of a toilet seat, each painted on a black background. The Cover is a painting of a dancer in white with huge pink flowers in her hair to match her pink stocking. The painting on the back of the cover  is a copy of Toulouse-Lautrec’s best known lithographic poster Moulin Rouge La Goulue, painted in 1891. La Goulue was considered the most outstanding and upkicking of all the dancers in Paris. The seat has two pictures of the same dancer, dancing in one and in the other she appears to be tucking something into the top of her hose. The back of the seat, when standing upright, shows two of the dancers partially nude, disrobing and says, “Entrerz Monsieur.”
Toilet Seat Cover Up
Toilet Seat and Cover with scenes of dance hall can-can dancers. Scenes hand painted on all 4 parts of the toilet seat, each painted on a black background. The cover has a painting of a dancer in white with huge pink flowers in her hair to match her pink stocking. The painting on the backside of the cover is a copy of Toulouse-Lautrec’s best known lithographic poster Moulin Rouge La Goulue, painted in 1891. La Goulue was considered the most outstanding and upkicking of all the dancers in Paris. The seat has two pictures of the same dancer, dancing and tucking something into the top of her hose, money no doubt. When the back of the seat stands upright, it shows two of the dancers partially nude, disrobing and says, “Entrerz Monsieur.”
Toilet Seat Up
Toilet Seat and Cover with scenes of dance hall can-can dancers. Scenes hand painted on all 4 parts of a toilet seat, Each painted on a black background. The cover shows a picture of a dancer in white with huge pink flowers in her hair to match her pink stocking. The painting on the back of the cover is a copy of Toulouse-Lautrec’s best known lithographic poster Moulin Rouge La Goulue, painted in 1891. La Goulue was considered the most outstanding and upkicking of all the dancers in Paris. The seat has two pictures of the same dancer, dancing in one and in the other she appears to be tucking something into the top of her hose. The back of the seat, which stands upright, shows two of the dancers partially nude, disrobing and says, “Entrerz Monsieur.”
Whimsical Representation, Woman doing Striptease
A slender sophisticated lady with bright red hair and a long black evening dress is seen in various stages of undress in each of the set of 8 6-1/2” x 4-1/2” pieces of ecru linen fabric. Each is numbered from 1 thru 8 in the right hand corner. The first shows the woman in a long black dress and by the 8th piece she is nude and only slightly visible, with her red flowered underwear on the floor. Both the lady’s figure and her clothing are made of felt, looks handmade. Cream colored box says “Paragon,” but it is probably a box someone just used to store them.
