Picking Plums.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Comstock (American, 1850 - 1851)

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Comstock (American, 1850 - 1851)

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

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (30.2 x 21.9cm) Sheet (height x width): 17 13/16 x 13 1/4in. (45.2 x 33.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1970.44.5

DescriptionA young boy kneels on the bare back of a horse. The child wears a shirt, vest, and pants. He is barefoot. He holds the horse's mane with his right hand and reaches up with his left hand to touch a plum hanging from a small tree. A basket rests on the horse's withers. A woman stands by the horse's head with her hand on its nose. She wears a dress, apron, shawl, and shoes. A small barefoot girl, similarly dressed, stands beside her. Plants and weeds grow beside a board fence in the right background. The plum tree is on the opposite side of the fence. Two additional horses and a foal are in a grassy field in the left background. The roof and upper story of a house are visible above trees in the distance.

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