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Mother's Joy.
Mother's Joy.

Mother's Joy.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888
Date1847
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (30.2 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Morgan H. Alvord
DescriptionA young girl stands in the interior of a room. She wears a dress, petticoat, pantaloons, shoes, and stockings. A long sash is draped over her right shoulder and loosely tied at her left hip. She wears a rose in her hair. A footstool is at the far left. A toy tea set, including a teapot, cream pitcher, sugar bowl, cups, saucers, and a tray, is on a table covered with a tablecloth in the left background. A paneled wall and drapery are in the background. A patterned carpet is on the floor.
Object number1975.60.99
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "MOTHER'S JOY. / 218."

On verso, inscribed in pencil, lower right, "Dwr 18" and accession number.
Collections
  • Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
On View
Not on view
Gift of Mary Piper, 2013.181.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1846-1847
Museum purchase, 1987.95.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848-1850
The Three Pets.
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
1830-1840
Married.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
The Happy Mother.
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848
Maternal Instruction.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Maternal Instruction.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Our Pony.
Kellogg & Bulkeley
after 1867
Mother's Pride.
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
1850-1851
Child's Saucers
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850
The Mother's Grave.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1846
Child's Teapot
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850