An Impending Catastrophe
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 × 15 3/8 in. (21.5 × 39 cm) Sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 11/16 in. (34.2 × 45 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession Number
63.550.427
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Art Historical Context
### An Impending Catastrophe (1868) Created by the renowned lithographic firm Currier & Ives with James Merritt Ives among its key figures, *An Impending Catastrophe* a vibrant 1868 hand-colored lithograph that captures the heated drama of the U.S. presidential election. about 8½ by 15⅜ inches, this print features prominent political names like Ulysses S. Grant, Hor Seymour, Schuyler Colfax Jr and others, rendered in a satirical style amid a chaotic train scene. Currier & Ives specialized in affordable, mass-produced prints that brought current events into American homes, blending sharp socia...
About the Artist
Ulysses S. Grant|John Cameron|John Adams Dix|Horatio Seymour|James Merritt Ives|Schulyer Colfax Jr.|Currier & Ives|Francis Preston Blair Jr. (American|American) · 1857 |1822 –1907 |1885
American, active New York, 1857–1907|American, Point Pleasant, Ohio 1822–1885 Mount McGregor, New York