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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.177.47  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Men Watching a Farrier at Work
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.177.47 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Men Watching a Farrier at Work

Photographer (American, 1854 - 1943)
Dateabout 1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver printing-out paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 11/16in. (11.4 x 17cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 11/16in. (11.4 x 17cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 3/16 x 7 7/16in. (13.2 x 18.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA farrier (blacksmith) is shoeing a white horse while another man holds the horse's head. Two men are standing to the right, one of them wearing an apron and standing by an anvil, the other holding a hammer while he looks on. They are in a blacksmith's shop. Horseshoes hanging from the exposed rafters.
Object number2000.177.47
On View
Not on view
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after 1889
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Dorothy J. Anderson
1980
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
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Unknown
about 1885
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.1032  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900