Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

Nathaniel Currier was born in 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He began his career as a lithographer in 1833 in Philadelphia and then moved to New York where he spent the rest of his career. Beginning in 1857 he was associated with the firm of Currier & Ives.

There are eight items in the collection for which Currier provided the illustrations.

Illustrations by Currier in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 27 no. 17	And Wilt Thou Weep When I Am Low? / written by Lord Byron ; music by W. H. Weiss	New York : Atwill, between 1834 and 1847	None	Young man standing on the shore of a lake / N. Currier's Lith. ; E. Brown Jr. Del.
Box 27 no. 19	Charter Oak! Charter Oak, Ancient and Fair! : an ancient American ballad / written by Mrs. Sigourney ; the music composed and most respectfully dedicated to my friend Dr. John D. Russ (of Hartford, Con.) by Henry Russell	New York : Hewitt & Jaques, between 1837 and 1841	None	Large oak tree on a lawn / W. K. H. ; N. Currier's Lith.