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PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock (American, 1848 - 1850)

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock (American, 1848 - 1850)

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer (American, 1849 - 1850)

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 12 3/8in. (20.6 x 31.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14 1/16in. (25.4 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number1995.182.102

DescriptionA woman, two men, a boy, a young child, and an infant are in the interior of a room, apparently a parlor. The woman is seated at the left. She wears a dress and jewelry, including a brooch. She is sewing. A baby in a wicker cradle and a striped cat are nearby. The man and the boy are seated at a round or oval table covered with a table cloth. The man wears what appears to be a paisley patterned dressing gown over a vest, shirt, stock, necktie, and trousers. He has sideburns. A young child, probably a girl, leans on his leg. The child is wearing a dress and pantaloons with eyelet trim. A bowl of fruit, a pitcher, and a glass are on the table. The second man stands at the right, with his left hand resting on a chair. He wears a frock coat, vest, shirt, stock, necktie, and trousers. A spotted dog lies on the patterned carpet in the foreground. Two books and an oil or kerosene lamp are on the mantle of a marbled fireplace. A framed oil painting depicting a landscape hangs on the wall. Drapery with a ruffled valance is at the far right.

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