Excerpt from American Lithographs: Mainly in Color by Nat Currier and Currier and Ives of New York Bufford of Boston, Gibson and Company of Cincinnati Strong of New York, and Other Well-Known Lithographers, Including the Collection of Mr. E. C. Ford The Collection of American Lithographs here offered is one of unusual interest and quality, covering a wide range Of subjects and showing specimens of the best work of the most prominent Lithographers in America during the Nineteenth Century. These Prints have been selected with the utmost care in order to secure the finest possible examples both as regards coloring and brilliancy of impression, and practically every Print in the Collection has been newly matted and is in the best of preservation. The items offered include many beautiful Prints of Sports in general, such as Horse Racing, Fishing, Trotting and Racing Horses; there are delightful Prints of Early Clipper Ships, Ships-oi-the - Line, Naval Engagements, splendid scenes of Famous Battles of the Civil War, etc.; Portraits of Presidents and numerous other interesting Historical Prints; Scenes of Home, Rural and City Life, Seasons of the Year and many others equally desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.