Currier and Ives

noun

1. the lithography firm of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives, founded originally by Currier (1835), which produced prints of American history, life, and manners.

Currier and Ives

1. Two business partners, the technician Nathaniel Currier and the artist J. Merritt Ives, who produced colored prints of everyday American life in the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

“All year, we’d build up to it. To this day, I have childhood memories of our main street — the stores, the snow, the trees, the twinkling lights. The whole classic Currier and Ives Christmas. Every time I make these movies, I strive to have those moments.”

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We can but hope that this masterly Gothic prequel will banish forever the Currier and Ives version of Dickens’s dark fable.

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There's a famous engraving, lithograph, in 1872 from Currier and Ives, which you should look up on the internet because it is a stunning image.

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The weekend was heightened by a Currier and Ives setting.

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But before anyone thinks this is like a picture print by Currier and Ives, hardened congressional veterans know McConnell is painting a bleak picture of the Yuletide season.

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