The Old Print Shop

Winter in the Country. : Getting Ice.

  • ARTIST: George Durrie

  • PUBLISHER: New York Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street.

  • MEDIUM: Two-color lithograph with handcoloring,

    DATE: 1864.

  • EDITION SIZE: Large folio - image size 18 9/16 x 26 7/8" (47.2 x 68.3 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Painted by G. H. Durrie. New Best Fifty #5. A scene showing one of the winter necessities of the 19th century. Cutting ice and packing it away for use during the rest of the year. The vast majority of Durrie’s paintings were painted within 25 miles of East and West Rock, New Haven.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

  • REFERENCE: Conningham #6737. Gale #7274.