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Seen in FBDO
A single print featuring an illustration of a clipper ship is seen at approximately 00:04:38 in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off as Ferris enters the bathroom to take a shower. The print is framed on the wall just above the towel rack.
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After entering the bathroom, as Ferris moves forward, the shot reveals a second print matted above the first inside the same frame.
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A similar look at the second print in the full-screen version of the film as Ferris opens the bathroom door.
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Description
Currier & Ives, a prolific 19th-century American printmaking firm, captured the fascination with the age of sail in their clipper ship prints. These highly detailed and colorful lithographs depicted these majestic vessels in all their glory, often under full sail and battling rough seas. Many of these clipper ship prints are still popular today for their historical significance and decorative appeal.
The first print seen in the Bueller’s bathroom, the one on the bottom of the frame which is seen clearly in the film, is a reproduction of the Currier & Ives “Flying Cloud” print.
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The second image in the frame is also a reproduction of a Currier & Ives clipper ship lithograph – “Red Jacket.”
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Learn More
- Learn more on Wikipedia about the Flying Cloud clipper, the Red Jacket clipper, and Currier & Ives.