The Story of Poor Cock Robin.
PrinterPrinted by
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
(American, 1811 - 1881)
PublisherPublished by
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
(American, 1811 - 1881)
PublisherPublished by
Ensign, Thayer & Co.
(American, 1850 - 1852)
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Elizabeth Pason
(American)
Date1852-1853
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 9/16in. (30.2 x 21.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 13/16 x 13 3/16in. (42.7 x 33.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1970.44.9
DescriptionThree young children, a boy and two girls, sit on the grassy ground beside a small bush. The boy wears a shirt and pants and has a bow tied at this neck. His broad-brimmed straw hat is on his lap. He is reading from an open book which he holds in his right hand. His left arm is around the waist of the girl on the right, who leans her chin on her hand and her elbow on the boy's left knee. She wears a short-sleeved dress with a gathered bodice and holds a straw bonnet by its ribbon ties. The girl on the left wears a dress and a straw bonnet. A fringed blanket or shawl lies across her lap. Both her hands rest on the boy's right shoulder. A small drawstring bag or reticule lies on the ground. Two tall trees are at the left beside a wide stream or river. Two horses (or two teams of horses) draw a wagonload of hay across a wooden bridge in the left background. A house with a picket fence is in the right background. A dead tree is on the far right, with a rail fence nearby. Grassy fields slope down towards the river. Additional trees are in the background; hills or mountains are in the distance. Birds fly in the sky at the left.
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