The Wedding Day.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (Image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (30.2 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (Height x width): 14 1/16 x 11in. (35.7 x 27.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a young man and a young woman. They stand, holding hands, in front of a gothic column and screen with pointed arches. The man wears a coat vest, trousers, shirt, and white bow tie. He has a slight beard. The woman wears a wedding gown trimmed with lace and a lace veil. She has a wreath of roses on her head and a rose on the collar of her dress. She wears a bracelet on her left wrist.

Object number1983.132.3

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE WEDDING DAY."

On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "6982" "6982"; lower left, "Dwr 15" and accession number.

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