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The Only Daughter.
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The Only Daughter.

Date1852-1853
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/4 x 8 3/4in. (31.1 x 22.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 x 13 1/16in. (43.2 x 33.2cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA young girl sits on what appears to be a pile of cushions covered with a paisley pattern. She wears a low cut dress with bows on the sleeves over a shift with eyelet trim on the sleeves, hem, and neckline. She holds roses in her right hand. Additional roses and other flowers are at her feet.
Object number1995.182.91
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE ONLY DAUGHTER. / PET OF THE FAMILY. / 503". In pencil, lower left, "Drawer 13 #5".
On verso, in pencil: lower left, old accession number [crossed out]; lower right, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 13 [crossed out] 19", and new accession number.
Collections
  • Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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