The Three Pets.

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

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

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 3/8 x 7 3/4in. (23.8 x 19.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/2 x 10 1/8in. (36.8 x 25.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionFamily group consisting of a mother and two children pose in the interior of a house. The woman is seated on a bench with a cushion beside a table with a tablecloth. She wears a loose jacket tied with a bow over a long gown and holds a glass or crystal plate of buns or cookies. One child, probably a boy, wearing a dress and pantaloons stands on the cushion behind his mother and offers food to a dog, probably a greyhound or whippet, seated at the left. The dog wears a collar with a buckle. A second child, probably a girl, wearing a dress with a sash leans on her mother's lap. Flowers, apparently tulips, are in a Chinese vase on the mantle of a fireplace in the right background. An oil painting of a landscape in a wide gilt frame hangs from the paneled wall in the left background.

Object number1995.182.119

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image: "THE THREE PETS." On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper right, "Box 26 / #10"; lower right, "Dwr 13" "consv CPC 1987" and old and new accession numbers.

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