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Little Samuel.
Little Samuel.

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
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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