Farming Tools of the Present Time
Date1870-1890
MediumWood engraving and letterpress; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 7/8 x 6 1/16in. (12.4 x 15.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/4 x 9 5/16in. (15.9 x 23.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/4 x 9 5/16in. (15.9 x 23.7cm)
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionAgricultural implements are displayed in an interior. Included are covered pumps, a grindstone, axes, shears, scythes, rakes, shovels, churns, pitchforks, hoppers, plows, a covered pump, a pruning hook, a ladder, and two weathervanes, one with a rooster, the other with a plow.
Object number2002.143.12
InscribedOn recto, letterpress title at upper center, "FARMING TOOLS OF THE PRESENT TIME, / As exhibited by ROBERT B. BRADLEY & CO., 93 State St., New Haven, Conn."On verso, letterpress text with title, "AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES."; in pencil, lower right, accession number.NotesSource Note: Print is a page from a book, but thus far it has not been possible to identify the book. The only book entitled "Agriculture in the United States" was published in 1929, and this is obviously from a much earlier publication. "Agriculture in the United States" may be a chapter heading rather than the title of the book. (Finlay 1/8/2003)
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