The Sisters.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Phelps & Watson American, 1859 - 1864

PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

Date1857-1865

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 13/16 x 8 1/2in. (30 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 7/8 x 12 15/16in. (42.9 x 32.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of two young women. They stand side by side outdoors. The woman on the right wears a dress with small flowers running in lines down the front and along the edge of the sleeves. Her collar has eyelet trim, and she has a bow or handkerchief with eyelet trim in her hair. Her hands are folded around her sister's left arm. The woman on the left wears a dress with flounces, and two bracelets. She holds a rose in her right hand and has roses at her breast and in her hair. A flower growing on the base of a column is in the left background. Trees are in the center and right background.

Object number1972.82.3

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE SISTERS. / 5." In pencil: lower left, "PRINT DRAWER 38 #13-a"; lower right, "Sarah L. Woodward".

On verso, upper left, "74040 [crossed out]", accession number, and "#171/7.50"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987" and "Dwr 38 [crossed out] 20".

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