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The Fishermans Return.
The Fishermans Return.

The Fishermans Return.

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840
PublisherPublished by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840
Date1830-1840
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 5/16 x 11 11/16in. (21.1 x 29.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 5/8 x 14in. (24.4 x 35.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA man wearing a checked shirt, a broad-brimmed hat, an apron, and trousers stands on the seashore beside two baskets of fish. Additional fish, skates, and lobsters are on the ground nearby. The man holds a lobster in his left hand and appears to be showing it to a woman at the right. She wears a dress with eyelet trim on the collar and a bonnet trimmed with ribbons and a flower. A handkerchief covers her left hand. A small child, probably a girl, wearing a short dress and straw hat, pats the lobster on the tail. A small boy at the left is seated on the ground and plays with one of the fish. A woman, probably the fisherman's wife, stands behind him holding a small child. At the far left, a girl wearing a short dress, an apron with a pocket, and a necklace, balances a basket of fish on her head. The fisherman's boat is in the water immediately behind him. Two other small sailing vessels are in the left and right background. Steep bluffs or cliffs are in the right background; the open ocean appears to be in the left background.
Object number1994.36.7
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE FISHERMANS RETURN."

On verso, lower right, accession number inscribed in pencil.
Subject Terms
    Collections
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    On View
    Not on view
    The Fishermans Daughter.
    Kellogg & Bulkeley
    after 1867
    Helmet
    Unknown
    1620-1670
    Gift of Dr. Timothy P. Beers, 1845.30.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2010 The Connecticut…
    Fox Family
    1661
    Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1962.28.3f  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut H…
    Prudence Punderson
    1776-1780
    Shall I Fight or Not?
    D. W. Kellogg & Co.
    1830-1840
    Gift of Michael McCue, Asheville N.C., 2011.495.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Jules André Smith
    1916
    The Holy Family.
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1857-1865
    The Sailor's Return.
    D. W. Kellogg & Co.
    1830-1840
    , 1985.216.51  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Burton H. Hubbell
    about 1900
    Lobster Boats, Noank
    Chester Leich
    1970