1. Ice-Boat Race on the Hudson. Published by Currier & Ives 125 Nassau St. New York. Lithograph handcolored, undated, c.1872. Small folio - image size 8 1/2 x 12 7/16” (21.4 x 31.5 cm). Good condition with full original color, wide margins. A few minor discoloration marks in the margins. Conningham #3021. #13143-6 $4,500.00 Best Fifty Currier & Ives Lithographs Small Folio, 1933, #4. New Best Fifty Currier & Ives Lithographs Small Folio, (1990) #4. Iceboat racing has been a popular sport for many years, but the competition was intense in the middle of the nineteenth century, especially on the Hudson River. In 1869 Commodore John E. Roosevelt (President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s uncle) had one of the largest Hudson River iceboats built - called “Icicle.” She was the largest and fastest iceboat on the river in that era.
CURRIER & IVES VOLUME LXXXI
October 2021
NUMBER 1