The Farmers Friends.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Horace Thayer & Co. American, 1852

Date1852-1853

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 12 9/16in. (22.2 x 31.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.1 x 35.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionFarm animals stand and lie in a farmyard. A horse eats from a pile of hay surrounded by a rail fence. A cow lies in the left foreground. Two chickens and a rooster are in the right foreground. Two additional cows or oxen are in the right background. Two black animals in the straw behind the horse appear to be sheep or pigs. Birds, apparently doves or pigeons, perch on the roof the farm building in the left background. Some of the roofs appear to be thatched.

Object number1991.161.2

InscribedRecto: Lithographed title in box in lower part of image: "THE FARMERS FRIENDS."; on stone, lower center: "494."
Verso: Accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.

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