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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.2  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The Cow Shed
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.2 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

The Cow Shed

ArtistMade by Kerr Eby American, 1889 - 1946
Date1946
MediumEtching; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 5/8 x 15 1/8in. (24.4 x 38.4cm)
Platemark (height x width): 9 5/8 x 15 1/8in. (24.4 x 38.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 1/2 x 17 5/8in. (31.8 x 44.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA man carrying a bucket is entering the door of a small, brightly lit frame building. A larger building, probably a barn, is in the left background. Snow is on the ground and on the roofs of buildings. A leafless tree, probably a fruit tree, is in the foreground.
Object number1991.23.2
InscribedOn recto, lower left, "The Cowshed"; lower right, "400"
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number "DB"
NotesTitle Note: The title inscribed on the print is "The Cowshed" but the title appears as "Cow Shed" in Giardina. (Finlay 11/12/2011)
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Kerr Eby
    1940
    Route 25, New Milford
    Philip Kappel
    mid 20th century
    R.F.D.
    Martin Lewis
    1933
    Museum purchase, 1999.21.3  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Caroline Weir
    1935
    Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.222, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known…
    Edward J. Rogalski
    1952-1953
    Woodpile by a Barn or Shed.
    Nelson Augustus Moore
    late 19th century
    Gift of Michael McCue, Asheville N.C., 2011.495.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Jules André Smith
    1916
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2009.31.1  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Walter Buttrick
    late 20th-early 21st century