Little Bloomers.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

Date1850-1851

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/16 x 12 5/16in. (20.5 x 31.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionSix small girls are dancing in a circle, holding hands. Each girl wears a short, long-sleeved dress with a laced bodice over bloomers. All six girls wears wreaths of flowers in their hair. Two girls also wear broad-brimmed straw hats trimmed with ribbons. The four hats of the other girls lie on the ground at the foot of a large tree in the left foreground. A vine, possibly ivy, grows on the tree. A rose bush is in the right foreground. A two-story frame house with a porch is in the right background. A large fountain is beside the house with a grassy lawn, a picket fence, and additional trees beyond. A swallow flies near the roof of the house; a second swallow is perched on the edge of the roof.

Object number2003.291.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "LITTLE BLOOMERS. / 432."

On verso, in pencil: upper center, "PRINT DRAWER 44 (from 30, #5); lower right, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 44" accession number. An illegible pencil signature or inscription has been cut off at the lower left.

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