The Bride.

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

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

Date1840-1844

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 5/16 x 8in. (23.7 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/16 x 11 7/8in. (43.3 x 30.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionTwo young women stand in the interior of a room, probably a bedroom or dressing room. The woman on the right wears a headdress of leaves and flowers, a veil, and a dress trimmed with bows. She wears a necklace, apparently consisting of two strands of pearls, around her neck. She wears a glove on her left hand and holds the other glove. The woman on the left is helping her to dress. Patterned wallpaper is on the wall in the background. Patterned drapery is at the left.

Object number1976.5.1

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE BRIDE." In pencil, lower left, "Drawer 15, #11a".

On verso, inscribed in pencil, lower right, "Drawer 15" and accession number.

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