News from Lexington, Putnam Leaving the Plow.

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

Date1886-1887

MediumChromolithography; color printer's inks on coated wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 1/16 x 23in. (40.8 x 58.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 20 1/8 x 26 1/16in. (51.1 x 66.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number2004.21.0

DescriptionA young man on horseback has just arrived from the right. He wears a coat and boots and has a drum slung over his shoulder. On the left, a middle-aged man holds the reins of two draft horses who are harnessed to a plow. He wears a vest, shirt, breeches, and boots. Three young men or boys are running down a hill in the left background. All three carry muskets. One carries a powder horn. A house is on the hill behind them. Three large trees are in the right background. Additional trees line the field in the distance.

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