Museum purchase, 1970.44.11, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

The Lovers Quarrel.

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

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

Date1855-1856

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/4 x 8 7/16in. (29.8 x 21.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10 1/16in. (35.7 x 25.6cm)

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Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA man and a woman are in the interior of a room, facing away from each other. The woman is seated at the left in an upholstered armchair. She wears a dress with eyelet trim and a lace veil or mantilla and flowers in her hair. She wears a bracelet on her left wrist. The man stands at the right. He wears a coat vest, shirt, trousers, and necktie. He has a beard. He is looking at a small cased portrait of a woman, a miniature, or possibly a daguerreotype, which rests beside a top hat on a table covered with a printed tablecloth. A patterned drape is in the left background, and patterned wallpaper is on the wall in the right background.

Object number1970.44.11

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE LOVERS QUARREL. / 106."

On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "73161" and accession number; lower center, "Dwr 15"; lower right, "20.00".

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