Primrose-Gatherers.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Bulkeley (American, 1867 - 1990)

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Bulkeley (American, 1867 - 1990)

After a work byAfter a work by Miles Birket-Foster (British, 1825 - 1899)

Dateafter 1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/8 x 13 1/16in. (18.7 x 33.2cm) Sheet (height x width): 13 3/8 x 17 5/8in. (34 x 44.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of William L. Warren

Object number1989.33.2

DescriptionFive children gather flowers on a steep hill. In the center, a young girl holds a tree limb in her left hand and passes a bouquet of flowers, presumably primroses, to a smaller girl at the left. Both girls wear short dresses belted at the waist. The second girl reaches up with both hands to receive the bouquet. A third girl, wearing a hat, gathers flowers from a grassy slope in the right foreground. A fourth child, apparently a boy, kneels at the far left. He appears to be putting nosegays or flowers into a shallow basket or Sussex trug. A bonnet lies on the ground at the left. At the far right, a fifth child is seated at the foot of a large tree. Additional trees are in the right background and on the side of a ravine that slopes towards the sea. Two smaller trees are at the left. A flock of sheep are visible between them on a hill in the left background.

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