Description (Brief)

Colored print of old man pinching the cheek of a young girl. She is holding a platter of roast fowl. Old woman looks on through draperies in right background. Two ornately framed pictures on wall in left background.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1855

distributor

Horace Thayer & Co.

lithographer

Kellogg, Elijah Chapman

place made

United States: Connecticut, Hartford

Physical Description

hand-colored (image production method/technique)

ink (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Measurements

image: 11 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 29.845 cm x 21.59 cm

overall: 13 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 33.655 cm x 24.13 cm

ID Number

DL.60.2306

catalog number

60.2306

accession number

228146

Credit Line

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

subject

Courtship, love

Eating

Marriage

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Peters Prints

Data Source

National Museum of American History