Grand Slack Rope Performance. By Master Dick.

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

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

PublisherPublished by F. P. Whiting American, born 1840

PrinterPrinted by Phelps & Watson American, 1859 - 1864

Date1857-1865

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 7/16 x 9 5/16in. (31.6 x 23.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 9 15/16in. (35.6 x 25.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionAn elderly man is seated in an upholstered armchair at the right. He wears eyeglasses, a shirt, vest, breeches, hose, and shoes. An open book rests in his lap. He appears to be asleep. At the left, three small boys play with a pendulum clock. One boy is kneeling on the floor, holding up another boy who hangs onto one of the cords beneath the clock. A third boy is kneeling on a stool in a doorway at the far left. Two additional books lie on the floor. The book at the left is open to an alphabet. A wicker basket hangs from a nail at the upper right. The walls of the room are brick, the floor is stone.

Object number1955.15.17

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "GRAND SLACK ROPE PERFORMANCE. / By Master Dick." Lower right, in pencil, "5-".

On verso, in pencil: lower right, "consv CPC 1987"; "Dwr 41" accession number and "63980 [crossed out in blue ink]".

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