Those Evening Belles.

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. (American, 1830 - 1840)

PublisherPublished by D. W. Kellogg & Co. (American, 1830 - 1840)

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; black and tan printer's inks on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 x 7 11/16in. (22.9 x 19.5cm) Sheet (height x width): 16 x 11 9/16in. (40.6 x 29.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number2004.119.0

DescriptionTwo young women walk towards the left on a grassy lawn between a stone urn on a high rectangular base and a large tree. They wear dresses with balloon sleeves and undersleeves, and what appear to be pelerines, or wide collars. The woman to the right wears a sheer over-garment made of what appears to be dotted Swiss. She holds what appears to be a watch fob in her left hand. Both women wear bonnets trimmed with flowers. A gothic church with a square entrance tower is visible in the distance, beyond a grove of trees.

Collections

Kellogg Brothers Lithographs

NotesTitle Note: "Those Evening Belles" refers to a poem by Sir Thomas Moore (1779-1852), which set to music, was also popular as a song in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. "Those Evening Bells" (with no "e") was evidently the chorus, and not the title of the poem. (Finlay 1/4/2005)

Subject Note: The urn in the background closely resembles the urns that appear in contemporary mourning pictures. However, neither of the women in this lithograph appears to be dressed in mourning, and there is nothing else about this print to suggest that it was intended as a mourning picture. (Finaly 1/12/2005)

Status

Not on view