Driving Home the Corn. The Dance After the Husking
Date1858
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 5/16 x 9 1/4in. (36.4 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 11 1/8in. (40.6 x 28.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 11 1/8in. (40.6 x 28.3cm)
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungeford Museum Fund
DescriptionTwo images relating to corn husking. In the upper image, two boys ride on top of a wagon loaded with corn and drawn by two oxen. The oxen are driven by a man with a goad. A young man and two young women walk beside the wagon. The man carries a sickle; all three carry corn stalks. A dog sniffs a tree stump in the foreground. In the background, a second wagon is in a field of corn, almost hidden by the cornstalks. In the lower image, Men and women dance in the interior of a room while a man in the right background plays the fiddle. An elderly couple and a young girl stand beside a fireplace on the left. Two rifles and a powder horn hang above the fireplace. Two candles in candlesticks and a picture are on the mantel. Two hams hang from the rafters overhead. In the right foreground, is a large wooden barrel with a spigot in it. Cups or glasses are on a table nearby. A copy of Harper's Weekly lies on another table in the left foreground.
Object number1994.213.2
InscribedOn recto, upper margin, printed in black ink, "HARPER'S WEEKLY."; beneath upper image, in black ink, "DRIVING HOME THE CORN."; beneath lower image, in black ink, "THE DANCE AFTER THE HUSKING." Letterpress text between the two images includes a lengthy quotation from "The Hasty Pudding" by Joel Barlow.On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number "$90.--"
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