Little Samuel.

After a work byAfter a work by Sir Joshua Reynolds English, 1723 - 1792

PrinterPrinted by E.C. Kellogg & Co. American, 1851 - 1854

PublisherPublished by E.C. Kellogg & Co. American, 1851 - 1854

PublisherPublished by Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning American

Date1852-1853

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 9/16in. (30.2 x 21.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/8 x 13in. (43.5 x 33cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA small boy with his hands folded in prayer and wearing a nightgown kneels beside an upholstered stool, facing left. A patterned carpet is on the floor. Fringed drapery and a ornamental door frame are in the background.

Object number1958.38.1

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "LITTLE SAMUEL. / 506."; inscribed in brown ink, lower right, "Presented to G. Elmer Starkweather / with the praise of being a good & trust-/ worthy boy. By W.D.S. Spalding Inst."; accession number inscribed in pencil, lower left.

On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "Box 30 / #9"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987 / Dwr 11"; upper center, accession number.NotesSource Note: The visual source for this print is an oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds entitled The Infant Samuel, depicting the Old Testament prophet Samuel as a child. The Kelloggs would have known this painting through an intermediary such as J.W. Reynolds' 1820 mezzotint engraving of it. (Finlay 6/7/2002)

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