Household Pets.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1845

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper in 4-ply acid-free mat

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 x 8 1/2in. (30.5 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 7/8 x 12 9/16in. (42.9 x 31.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young woman sits in an upholstered chair in the interior of a room. She wears a dress with eyelet trim on the collar and jewelry, including a pearl necklace and a bracelet, and she holds a young child in her lap. The child holds a dog, probably a King Charles spaniel, and a tabby cat. A vase of flowers, probably roses, is on a small oval table at the far left. A patterned drape is in the left background. Patterned wallpaper is in the right background.

Object number1995.182.118

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image: "HOUSEHOLD PETS."
On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "Box 24 / #11"; lower center: "Dwr 13"; lower right, old and new accession numbers.NotesSubject Note: The composition appears on a daguerreotype case manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., ca. 1859 (Rinhart Plate 30).

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