Skip to main content
Collections Menu
Washington's Dream,
Louis Maurer (Maker),
Currier and Ives (Publisher),
1857,
Ink on paper; ...
Louis Maurer
Washington's Dream,
Louis Maurer (Maker),
Currier and Ives (Publisher),
1857,
Ink on paper; ...
Washington's Dream, Louis Maurer (Maker), Currier and Ives (Publisher), 1857, Ink on paper; lithograph

Louis Maurer

German-American, 1832 - 1932
BiographyMaurer was born in Biebrich, Germany in 1832 and immegrated to the United States in 1851. In 1852 he joined Currier and Ives as a lithographer and worked with the frim until 1860. He founded his own firm Heppenheimer & Maurer and worked there until he retired in 1884. He was the last surviving person to have worked for Currier and Ives and was heavily interviewed for the book "Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People." He died in 1832.
Person TypeIndividual
Estate Hours

Open today from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

iconDirections & Parking
buy tickets online & save