Polished Off. "Golly--he's licked!"
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Print shows several African American men carrying along a sidewalk a boxer who has received many injuries during a boxing match; a small crowd follows them
T28759 U.S. Copyright Office.
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Stamped and inscribed in pencil on lower left: Library of Congress, Washington. Copyright Oct 9 1888 28759T.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5226
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand-colored. The firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.
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