3493277 Noah\'s Ark, 1874??8 (hand-colored lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: God cleanses the earth of human wickedness with a great flood, sparing only Noah and his family and instructing him to build an ark including a male and a female of every species of bird and beast. The story appealed to 19th century American children as part of their Bible study. ).