The Rabbit Chase.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer American, 1849 - 1850

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/16 x 12 3/8in. (20.5 x 31.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 13 11/16in. (25.4 x 34.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionTwo spotted dogs, apparently greyhounds, chase a rabbit across an open grassy field. Trees, bushes, and a rail fence are in the foreground. A building, evidently a house, with a chimney and a picket fence with a gate is in the right background. Two men on horseback emerge from the woods at the left. They wear top hats and long coats. A second cottage and hills are in the left background.

Object number1995.182.117

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE RABBIT CHASE. / 387."
On verso, inscribed in pencil: lower right, "Dwr 17" "3866/RY" "consv CPC 1987"; upper left, old accession number [crossed out]; lower right, new accession number.

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